OSTREE-CHECKSUM(1)

👑 ostree-checksum — checking the vibes (and the bytes) of a file 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the ostree checksum manual (yeah, the whole OSTREE CHECKSUM(1) thing, we're being fancy today ✨). It's short, it's sweet, and it does exactly one thing. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ostree-checksum — Checksum a file or directory 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ostree checksum {PATH}

literally that's it. one path. you got this 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Generates a checksum for a given file or directory. that's the whole job. it's giving "one task, done flawlessly" main character energy 👑

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --ignore-xattrs — Ignore extended attributes when checksumming. so like, xattrs get left out of the math entirely. no cap 🧚

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

$ ostree checksum file1

and it happily spits out:

67e382b11d213a402a5313e61cbc69dfd5ab93cb07fbb8b71c2e84f79fa5d7dc

look at that gorgeous hex string 😭 iconic. frame it. put it on your wall. 🌈

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ngl, that hash is coming straight from the original page — copy it exactly if you're comparing output, bestie. don't retype it from memory 💀

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aaaand that's the whole page!! short king of a manpage fr fr 🍓

byeee, this one's from OSTree (the OSTREE CHECKSUM(1) crew) — version and date live in the manpage header/footer of your local copy, so peep that for the exact numbers 💜 mwah 😘