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What do I use to validate a file againt it's MD5 checksum?

edesignuk

edesignuk

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OK, so I have a file, and I also have it's MD5 checksum, now I don't really know the first thing about what an MD5 checksum is, but I presume it's a way to validate if the file is complete/intact.
How do I check a file against it's MD5 checksum?

Thanks!
 
Use

md5 <filename>

in the terminal. It will give the checksum of the file. You check the one it calculated against the one you've been given with the file.
 
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