How to generate a list of MD5 checksums?

General · 06-10-2006, 07:38 PM

I often find files on the internet containing MD5sums, such as ubuntu.md5, presented below:

Code:

df03811bfc9f2a73672887a36d531965  ubuntu-6.06-alternate-amd64.iso
b2e9120f06d70cc076c1852c6c04654e  ubuntu-6.06-alternate-i386.iso
12bd53a48d7afbcfb0eae6794a1ac02f  ubuntu-6.06-alternate-powerpc.iso
722b8b4a75f977a76a722d4a2b071b19  ubuntu-6.06-desktop-amd64.iso
e2e5e0bfb2edffd2ce02dd77bda4558e  ubuntu-6.06-desktop-i386.iso
410d766d75a3afaa7f04c0c7dbdfd8da  ubuntu-6.06-desktop-powerpc.iso
02772b8b3461c246a2154aa6e699335b  ubuntu-6.06-server-amd64.iso
4c7c835d244453b9a29d397e5cd973fd  ubuntu-6.06-server-i386.iso
c1f9c3dc78572bc2ce76d44776949fcc  ubuntu-6.06-server-powerpc.iso

Using the command `md5sum -c ubuntu.md5` it is possible to compare the checksums of those files against this list to varify the integrity of the files.

I am burning some backup disks and would like to include a file containing the MD5 checksums to easily check against the files. Is there a program that can generate these lists?

Snowbat · 06-10-2006, 09:47 PM

cd to the directory with the files and

Code:

for i in *; do md5sum $i >> md5sums.md5; done

cs-cam · 06-10-2006, 09:59 PM

Code:

md5sum * > md5sums.txt