md5 from python different then md5 from command line
Paul Rubin
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Sun May 7 14:56:47 EDT 2006
John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> writes:
> Just a quick md5-related follow-up question: I was experimenting with
> it and making md5 sums for strings, but how do you use the md5 module
> to create a sum for an actual file, such as an .exe file?
m = md5.new()
f = file('foo.exe', 'b') # open in binary mode
while True:
t = f.read(1024)
if len(t) == 0: break # end of file
m.update(t)
print m.hexdigest()
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