Ubuntu – Generate md5 checksum for all files in a directory

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I would like to create a md5 checksum list for all files in a directory.

I want to cat filename | md5sum > ouptput.txt. I want to do this in 1 step for all files in my directory.

Any assistance would be great.

Best Answer

You can pass md5sum multiple filenames or bash expansions:

$ md5sum * > checklist.chk  # generates a list of checksums for any file that matches *
$ md5sum -c checklist.chk   # runs through the list to check them
cron: OK
database.sqlite3: OK
fabfile.py: OK
fabfile.pyc: OK
manage.py: OK
nginx.conf: OK
uwsgi.ini: OK

If you want to get fancy you can use things like find to drill down and filter the files, as well as working recursively:

find -type f -exec md5sum "{}" + > checklist.chk
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