HPR4677: UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes

Hosted by Vance on 2026-07-07 01:00:00

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Vance says: Sorry, xmanmonk

RE: hpr4677::2026-07-07 UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes by Vance
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Oops, I was switching between tabs when editing my comment and forgot who I was replying to. My apologies for misidentifying you!

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Vance says: Thanks, and systemd as a future topic

RE: hpr4677::2026-07-07 UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes by Vance
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Whiskeyjack, I appreciate your support on this and past episodes. There's another UNIX Curio coming, life got in the way of me recording it but things have settled down now. Another episode is mostly written, and I have two more solid ideas. However, these will require more research than usual so it will likely take me longer to get them out.

Agreed that systemd is a great topic, but I am not the person to explain it. I have not adapted to it well and need to look up man pages most times I want to do some basic thing. However, this makes me think that the subject of UNIX init systems over the years might be up my alley (though would also require significant research). Will give that idea some consideration, thanks!

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candycanearter07 says: cool show :D

RE: hpr4677::2026-07-07 UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes by Vance
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cksum seems pretty useful! seems like a useful cross-platform way to make hashes, and its age does sort of work for its advantage there!

also, you can use comm to pretty easily check a list of chksums :)

im still most likely going to still just use md5sum, but its nice to know that theres a UNIX alternative ^^

also, for topics you could cover busybox or apropos maybe?

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xmanmonk says: Another great show

RE: hpr4677::2026-07-07 UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes by Vance
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Really happy with this series. At the end, you asked about ideas for further episodes. Perhaps a brief introduction to systemctl and journalctl commands (in the systemd world) would be a good topic. As a greybeard, I was reluctant to embrace systemd, but eventually came around as it seemed nearly inevitable. Both are very useful for tracking down system problems, especially journalctl.

Thanks again for a great episode!

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