how to md5 a string

[prad]

On Mon, 11 May 2009 11:49:45 -0700
prad <prad at towardsfreedom.com> wrote:

> what is the mechanism for doing this from the commandline on ubuntu?
>
hello prad!

i just found out one way it can be done in an obscure corner of the net:

echo -n 'whatever' | md5sum

sorry to have troubled the list with this, but perhaps it might help
someone else in the future.

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