sha1sum:tldr:6b07d

sha1sum: Calculate the SHA1 checksum for one or more files.

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$ sha1sum ${filename1 filename2 ---}

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The command "sha1sum" is a Linux command that is used to calculate the SHA-1 hash value of files.

In the given command, "${filename1 filename2 ---}" is used to represent a list of file names as input to the sha1sum command. The "filename1" and "filename2" are placeholders for actual file names.

The "---" after "filename2" is typically used to indicate the end of the list of file names. It specifies that there are no more file names after "filename2".

To execute the command, you need to replace "filename1" and "filename2" with the actual names of the files you want to calculate the SHA-1 hash for. Multiple file names can be included, separated by spaces.

For example, if you want to calculate the SHA-1 hash values of two files named "file1.txt" and "file2.txt", you would use the command: sha1sum file1.txt file2.txt

The command will then generate the SHA-1 hash values for each file and display them in the terminal.

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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