Re: Re: hash-sum - print only the checksum - quiet mode

[wrotycz]

<pre>  "Using the --quiet option for this seems a little awkward.   
Is it pun to awk?   One reason we added the --raw option, was for this single 
input case.   It is not the same.   I.e. please consider using something like 
this example:"   cksum --raw -a md5 | basenc --base16   What is a 
difference between this and, say?:  $ md5sum | awk '{print $1}'  One 
has to run external program anyway.  Here [1] OP has problem with hash that 
includes file name, even if that file name happens to be `-' . And not 
forget about two spaces between hash and file name. And those two spaces can 
equally well be ` *'.  So, there is an application of that feature.    Note 
FreeBSD at least will output checksums without file name  for all specified 
files, though that would be an unusual use case.   If you mean issuing it with 
multiple files then I do not care how users  use and misuse my programs. If 
that is their choice, so be it.    1.  lists.nongnu.org 
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2024-12/msg00009.html  
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