md5 differences

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Wed Sep 10 12:34:42 EDT 2008


Python wrote:

> I'm trying to match the results of an md5 checksum done in a tcsh shell.
> I keep getting different results and can't find anything on google...
> 
> here's an example:
> 
> Arno at Computer:~% echo "hello" | md5
> b1946ac92492d2347c6235b4d2611184
> 
> Arno at Computer:~% python
> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jan 17 2008, 19:35:17)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> import md5
>  >>> md5.new("hello").hexdigest()
> '5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592'

 >>> import md5
 >>> md5.new("hello\n").hexdigest()
'b1946ac92492d2347c6235b4d2611184'

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