On 2/2/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > When I do : - > > > > sha1sum <iso file> > > > > this will output the checksum , do I have to verify by > > looking at the huge number that it is correct or is > > there a simple utilty which can compare the 2 > > checksums ? > > > > Thank you, > > Alex. > My trick is to copy the checksums into a text file, highlight one of > them and use find to see if it finds the next one. I have written a tiny script to do that. Basically, it compares two strings. I will post it to you later on, as I have not it with me now.
My simple script has the following code: #!/bin/sh if [ "$1" = "$2" ] ; then echo "same" ; else echo "different" ; fi Paul
