Digest::file

Digest::file

NAME

Digest::file - Calculate digests of files

SYNOPSIS

# Poor mans "md5sum" command
use Digest::file qw(digest_file_hex);
for (@ARGV) {
    print digest_file_hex($_, "MD5"), "  $_\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

This module provide 3 convenience functions to calculate the digest of files. The following functions are provided:

  • digest_file( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] )

    This function will calculate and return the binary digest of the bytes of the given file. The function will croak if it fails to open or read the file.

    The $algorithm is a string like "MD2", "MD5", "S