[issue26488] hashlib command line interface

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor added the comment:

> There are so many existing tools that already do this I don't really see
why Python needs to become yet another one.  What is the value in doing
this?

Portability. You described UNIX. There is no such tool by default on
Windows for example (as Avid said).

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