How to calculate checksum using ESXi shell

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how to calculate checksum using ESXi shell.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi

Resolution

md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha512sum are available in ESXi shell.

# Command example

[root@localhost:~] md5sum zero 
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  zero
[root@localhost:~] sha1sum zero 
da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709  zero
[root@localhost:~] sha256sum zero
e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855  zero
[root@localhost:~] sha512sum zero
cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e  zero