man Digest::file () - Calculate digests of files

NAME

Digest::file - Calculate digests of files

SYNOPSIS

  # Poor mans "md5sum" command
  use Digest::file qw(digest_file_hex);
  for (@ARGV) {
      print digest_file_hex($_, "MD5"), "  $_\n";e
  }

DESCRIPTION

This module provide 3 convenience functions to calculate the digest of files. The following functions are provided: This function will calculate and return the binary digest of the bytes of the given file. The function will croak if it fails to open or read the file. The CW$algorithm is a string like MD2, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-512. Additional arguments are passed to the constructor for the implementation of the given algorithm. Same as digest_file(), but return the digest in hex form. Same as digest_file(), but return the digest as a base64 encoded string.

SEE ALSO

Digest