md5sum linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-64bit.iso 2d84f671ad77a8019dfa6e1d00572d82 linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-64bit.iso echo '2d84f671ad77a8019dfa6e1d00572d82 linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-64bit.iso' | md5sum -c md5sum: standard input: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found then I got Harold's message and that worked like a charm; although.... - md5sum FileName | grep "96b13dbbc9f3bc569ddad9745f64b9cdb43ea9ae" Why do you put the quotes in your text? I tried it w/o and with and it works both ways. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:45 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > Either eyeball it, drop the md5sum in a file and -c it. Or pull it into > stdin somehow and don't give -c an argument. > > jmcphee@mcphee ~ :) $ md5sum hosts.v2.dr > c941500d0f13118ead7c1d1eb79dec6b hosts.v2.dr > jmcphee@mcphee ~ :) $ echo 'c941500d0f13118ead7c1d1eb79dec6b > hosts.v2.dr' | md5sum -c > hosts.v2.dr: OK > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> thanks James. I think the cksum is correct. So with the 'c' flag it will >> check each file against the checksums in a text file. I remember doing that >> with linuxfromscratch. What if you only have one sum? What flag should I >> enter.... well, let's check 'man'. Man says check info and info doesn't >> tell me. Is there a way to check one file easily? >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:21 PM, James Mcphee wrote: >> >>> The -c flag is for when the file you're putting is a text file with a >>> bunch of checksums in it. Simply do not use -c. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> I downloaded a file and want to check it's sum to make sure it aI got a >>>> good D/L. I think I'm doing it wrong. I d/l the file and type in: >>>> >>>> md5sum -c linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-64bit.iso >>>> >>>> and md5sum seems to open the iso and check the files in it. Here is the output: >>>> >>>> http://www.firedrive.com/file/DB5BBE6C682CA50D >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> James McPhee >>> jmcphe@gmail.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James McPhee > jmcphe@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >