PLAKAR-DIGEST(1)

💅 plakar-digest — a.k.a. the plakar-digest(1) girlies' guide 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual page for plakar-digest, and honestly? it's giving "small command, big main character energy." ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

plakar-digest — compute digests for files in a Plakar snapshot 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

plakar digest [-hashing algorithm] snapshotID[:path] [...]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the plakar digest command literally computes and displays digests for the specified path inside the snapshotID you give it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

and like — you're not limited to one! multiple snapshotID and path pairs may be given. go off, queen. 👑

by default, the command computes the digest by reading the file contents. no cap, that's just how it does it. 📖

the options are as follows (yes there's only one, and she's iconic):

• -hashing algorithm — use algorithm to compute the digest. defaults to SHA256. slay. 🔥

🫶 EXIT STATUS 🫶

the plakar-digest utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. so if you see a zero, you ate. if you see anything bigger, something went sideways bestie 😭

🧚 EXAMPLES 🧚

compute the digest of a file within a snapshot — super simple, super cute:

$ plakar digest abc123:/etc/passwd

use BLAKE3 as the digest algorithm, because sometimes you just wanna switch it up 🌈:

$ plakar digest -hashing BLAKE3 abc123:/etc/netstart

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• plakar(1) — go read that one too, iykyk 💜

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okay that's the whole page, bestie! this lil gem is from the Debian edition of the manual, dated May 5, 2026 (yes, the footer said PLAKAR-DIGEST(1) again, they're consistent like that 💀). now go forth and compute some digests — no cap, you're gonna be so good at this 🍓💖