Usage

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Usage

Command Line Parameters

 

checksum /s /a:ENTROPY|CRC32|MD5|SHA1|SHA256|SHA384|SHA512 <filename>

 

/a

algorithm to use, can be one of the following (case sensitive): ENTROPY, CRC32, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384 or SHA512. Default is SHA256.

 

Note: Entropy is neither a cryptographic algorithm nor will it produce a checksum

/c

comparison checksum, affects %ERRORLEVEL% (match=0, no match=1)

/e

calculate the "Shannon" entropy of the specified file

/s

Verify the digital signature of the file and display its digital signature information (if available)

/b

Brief output, only displays checksum

/t

Display/guess file type regardless of extension

filename

path to the filename to generate the checksum from

 

warning_20

The file entropy is only calculated for files with a file size of less than 512Mb .

 

Examples

 

Example 1: Create a SHA 512 checksum of file C:\Windows\notepad.exe

 

checksum /a:SHA512 c:\windows\notepad.exe

 

Example 2: Create a SHA 512 checksum and calculate the entropy of file C:\Windows\notepad.exe

 

checksum /e /a:SHA512 c:\windows\notepad.exe