xhash

This Go program uses goroutines to calculate multiple hashes on strings, files and directories. By default it reads from standard input. It can be used as a drop-in replacement for the GNU coreutils when hard-linked as md5sum, etc. and it actually supports the --zero option with --check, unlike the GNU tool. The output format is fully configurable.

Docker image available at ghcr.io/ricardobranco777/xhash:latest

Examples:

• To hash every file in your home directory using both SHA-512 and SHA-256

xhash -r -sha512 -sha256 $HOME

• To hash the /etc/passwd file with all algorithms except MD5 and SHA-1

xhash -all -md5 -sha1 /etc/passwd

• To hash the string "abc" with all algorithms

xhash -all -s "abc"

• To check the hashes in /tmp/hashes.md5

xhash -c /tmp/hashes.md5

• To hash all files specified in /tmp/files.list

xhash -i /tmp/files.list

Output format

The output format is the same as the BSD commands. Use --gnu to use the format used by md5sum.

To use the format used by hashdeep use --size -f '{{range .}}{{.Sum}},{{end}}{{(index . 0).File}}\n'

Requirements

• Go 1.22+

Usage

Usage: xhash [OPTIONS] [-s STRING...]|[-c FILE]|[-i FILE]|[FILE...]|[-r FILE... DIRECTORY...]
  -a, --all              all algorithms (except others specified, if any)
  -b, --base64           output hash in Base64 encoding format
      --blake2b-256      BLAKE2b-256 algorithm
      --blake2b-512      BLAKE2b-512 algorithm
      --blake2s-256      BLAKE2s-256 algorithm
      --blake3           BLAKE3 algorithm
  -c, --check string     read checksums from file (use "" for stdin) (default "\x00")
  -f, --format string    output format (default "{{range .}}{{.Name}} ({{.File}}) = {{.Sum }}\n{{end}}")
      --gnu              output hashes in the format used by md5sum
  -H, --hmac string      key for HMAC (in hexadecimal) or read from specified pathname (default "\x00")
      --ignore-missing   don't fail or report status for missing files
  -i, --input string     read pathnames from file (use "" for stdin) (default "\x00")
      --md5              MD5 algorithm
  -q, --quiet            don't print OK for each successfully verified file
  -r, --recursive        recurse into directories
      --sha1             SHA1 algorithm
      --sha256           SHA256 algorithm
      --sha3-256         SHA3-256 algorithm
      --sha3-512         SHA3-512 algorithm
      --sha512           SHA512 algorithm
      --sha512-256       SHA512-256 algorithm
      --size             output size
  -S, --status           don't output anything, status code shows success
      --strict           exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines
  -s, --string           treat arguments as strings
  -L, --symlinks         follow symbolic links while recursing directories
  -v, --verbose          verbose operation
      --version          show version and exit
  -w, --warn             warn about improperly formatted checksum lines
  -z, --zero             end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escaping