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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:17:27 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: minor md5sum output difference
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On Aug 10 18:02, Luke Kendall wrote:
> Cygwin md5sum puts a space then an asterisk in front of filenames, Linux
> version puts two spaces.
> 
> E.g.:
> 
> Linux$  echo | md5sum
> 68b329da9893e34099c7d8ad5cb9c940  -
> Cywgin$ echo | md5sum
> 68b329da9893e34099c7d8ad5cb9c940 *-
> 
> I see "md5sum -c" accepts either two spaces or space plus asterisk.
> 
> Why the difference in output formats?  Does it matter?

`man md5sum' is rather instructive.


Corinna

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