VERIFY MD5 / SHA256 Hash or Checksum on Linux - File Security (Ubuntu)

How to Check a Checksum for File Integrity of a File that you downloaded on Linux using a SHA/MD5 hash. This video will show you how to use Linux and Terminal together to check a file hash against another hash and help you check the Integrity of your file. Make sure it's secure and not corrupt. Check various different hashes on Linux. It's a great tool to know how to use to make sure your files that you download is secure if a hash is available from the website that you downloaded it from.
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sum1sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
sum256sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
sum384sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
sum512sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
md5sum /path/to/file grep | [checksum]
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[@toranshaw4029]

Ta for this. I never really bothered with this before, but now that you've shown me how to do it... just checked the latest Debian 12 ISO that I downloaded and got the red highlight. 🙂

[@SavvyNik]

Awesome to hear! Glad your getting use out of it right away :)

[@Masda.X]

Thanks a lot

[@SavvyNik]

Happy to help

[@someuser4166]

Thanks. But kinda weird that they use red for a successful result. Red makes it feel like somethings wrong

[@SavvyNik]

Yeah I agree, I never liked that choice in color