[SOLVED] md5sum -c error

parotta36 · 02-23-2019, 03:01 AM

When I ran md5sum -c <md5file>, I get the following error

Code:

md5sum: 'f01.bin'$'\r': No such file or directory
: FAILED open or read
md5sum: WARNING: 1 listed file could not be read

The file contains,

Code:

8fc6e8a931da7d89kvpc0dff5a20d2a f01.bin

I know \r is carriage return, and I'm guessing it came from editing in a windows environment. There is nothing after the filename, when I open the file. I tried deleting and entering a new line, but the error persisted.

What is $'\r' and how do I md5check it successfully?

pan64 · 02-23-2019, 03:04 AM

\r probably means you edited/created this file in windows and it automatically put \r at the end of the line.
It is not needed in linux and md5sum thinks it is part of the filename.
you can use for example: od -xc <md5file> to check the content.
you can use the command dos2unix to convert files (on linux).

parotta36 · 02-23-2019, 03:25 AM

Why doesn't it go away if I delete the newline and create a newline in Vim?

pan64 · 02-23-2019, 03:32 AM

because it is not a newline, but part of the line. It is an additional char. Just invisible.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...endings-in-vim

parotta36 · 02-23-2019, 04:58 AM

Thanks!
I tried :%s/\r//g in Vim and it didn't work. I used :set ff=unix and saved it.