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What you are looking for is HashTab[1]. It adds a tab to your file properties page that shows a variety of different hashes for the file, including MD5, SHA-1,
by Digit-Al 7y ago
What you are looking for is HashTab[1]. It adds a tab to your file properties page that shows a variety of different hashes for the file, including MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-256. You can configure it to show a large number of different hashes. Also, if you have copied a hash from a website into your clipboard it will automatically compare it to the configured hashes and show you if there is a match.
[1] https://download.cnet.com/HashTab/3000-2094_4-84837.html https://download.cnet.com/HashTab/3000-2094_4-84837.html
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- dylan604 7y agoThat sounds cool. However, that's just another piece of software that needs to be downloaded and verified before installing. I want this to be part of the OS. It's a dangerous world out there, and the OS shouldn't make it so hard to stay safe.
- dontbenebby 7y agoYeah, for example a right click option to show the hash of a file in macOS would be nice. Technically I can do it on the CLI, but most users are cli-shy