MD5 utility
 

I am looking for a utility which will generate the md5 hashes for a given string of characters.

md5sum generated the hash for only files.

What I want to do is call a utility through a script which will take input and generate the md5 hash for it .

Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

Karan

Just use:
echo "given string of characters" | md5sum

Karan, you have given me inpiration for shell scripts.
Thank you!

Guys , thanks for your replies . But there is a problem . The md5 hash generated by GRUB differs from that given by "echo " name" | md5sum " .

Is there a way out ?

Generated by GRUB? I haven't studied boot loaders too much. Is it supposed to generate hashes? :~

Yup , GRUB also generates an md5 hashed paxssword . Just type :

$ grub
you will get a prompt like this :: >
then type md5crypt

enter a password and you will get the md5 hash.