File Checksum & Integrity Check on Linux - File Security [Hash SHA-1/256/384/512/MD5] (Ubuntu)

How to Check a Checksum for File Integrity of a File that you downloaded on Linux using a SHA/MD5 hash. This video will show you how to use Linux and Terminal together to check a file hash against another hash and help you check the Integrity of your file. Make sure it's secure and not corrupt. Check various different hashes on Linux. It's a great tool to know how to use to make sure your files that you download is secure if a hash is available from the website that you downloaded it from.

Make sure that your file isn't corrupt and is secure by checking the integrity of the file using sdasum in Terminal on Linux. Today we'll go over how to do that with the tool that is supplied by default with Terminal Command Line.

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Useful Links/Commands:
sum1sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
sum256sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
sum384sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
sum512sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
md5sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]

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[thesuperiorman]

Thanks for these simple tutorials. I watched both the Windows and the linux versions. I'm becoming more security conscious and reading a lot about vulnerabilities and attacks. Checking the integrity of files is a good security practice and is something I want to start applying. Thanks again.

[michalkrajewski]

Damn, finally someone explained it to me, Thanks

[BamboozledHandboozled]

I like how this video doesnt have any dislikes, good job

sudo :)

[mrd]

Amazing tutorial and very easy to implement it ! Many thanks!

[scally]

perfect. simple and to the point. thank you.

[stricarzi]

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {

bool savvyUpload = true;

while(savvyUpload == true)
{
cout << "You are happy" << endl;
}

return 0;
}

[roxert]

Is there a way to check an already set up live usb stick for its integrity?