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:
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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