{"id":691,"date":"2012-10-09T08:04:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T08:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=691"},"modified":"2022-12-08T04:39:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T10:39:34","slug":"how-to-check-data-integrity-using-md5sum-under-gnulinux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-check-data-integrity-using-md5sum-under-gnulinux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check data integrity using md5sum under GNU\/Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this article, we will describe how you can check the integrity of your data using the md5sum<\/strong> utility under the GNU\/Linux operating system.<\/p>\n
What is\u00a0md5sum?<\/strong><\/p>\n
md5sum<\/strong> is a tool generally used to check data integrity. It calculates and verifies 128-bit MD5 hashes<\/strong>, so you could know if a particular file is a valid one or a corrupt one.<\/p>\n
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For example, let’s create a backup of the whole ‘\/etc’<\/em>\u00a0directory tarred in a ‘tar.gz’<\/em> file containing all the configuration data of the vps<\/a> we’re using in this example:<\/p>\n