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Changes for version 5.89 - 2014-04-19

  • added universal newlines mode ("U") to addfile and shasum
    • based on Python Universal Newlines concept
      • newlines identical across MacOS, DOS, and UNIX
    • will deprecate portable mode ("p") in future
      • "U" mode is cleaner and more efficient
  • eliminated experimental -M option in favor of new -R option
    • reverses the order of digest module preference
    • undocumented: for test and development use only

Documentation

Print or Check SHA Checksums

Modules

Perl implementation of SHA-1/224/256/384/512

Examples