MD5sums è un tool freeware in ambiente Windows che permette di verificare il message digest di un file. E' composto da un solo eseguibile, per utilizzarlo basta copiarlo in una directory nel PATH di sistema.
C:\> md5sums
MD5sums 1.1 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Usage: md5sums [OPTION] filespec1 [filespec2 ...]
OPTION switches:
-b Bare output, no path headers
-e Exit immediately; don't pause before returning
-n No percent done indicator
-p Pause before returning (incompatible with -e)
-s Display statistics at end (hashing speed)
-u Mimic output of UNIX md5 command (implies -b, -n)
Examples:
md5sums c:\temp
md5sums original.doc copy*.doc backup*.doc
md5sums -n -e d:\incoming > log
Un esempio:
C:\> md5sums httpd-2.0.50.tar.gz
MD5sums 1.1 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type md5sums -h for help
[Path] / filename MD5 sum
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[C:\]
httpd-2.0.50.tar.gz 8b251767212aebf41a13128bb70c0b41