md5sum:tldr:ce782

md5sum: Calculate an MD5 checksum from `stdin`.

${command}

$ ${command} | md5sum

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In this command, ${command} represents a placeholder for an actual command that you can replace with your desired command. The vertical bar (|) is known as a pipe and is used to redirect the output of the command preceding it to the command following it.

md5sum is a command-line utility in Linux and Unix-like operating systems that calculates and displays the MD5 hash value of a file. MD5 is a cryptographic hash function that takes an input (in this case, the output of ${command}) and produces a fixed-size output (128-bit hash value). The generated hash value is commonly used to verify data integrity or for security purposes.

So, when you run the ${command} | md5sum command, it executes the specified command and pipes its output to md5sum. md5sum then calculates the MD5 checksum of the input data, usually a file or text stream, and displays the corresponding hash value on the output.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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