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+In this tutorial, you will use the external program @md5sum@ to compute hashes instead of the built-in Python library used in earlier tutorials.
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Start by entering the @crunch_scripts@ directory of your git repository:
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<pre><code>$ <span class="userinput">cd you/crunch_scripts</span>
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-Next, using your favorite text editor, create a new file called @run-md5sum.py@ in the @crunch_scripts@ directory. Add the following code to compute the md5 hash of each file in a collection:
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+Next, using your favorite text editor, create a new file called @run-md5sum.py@ in the @crunch_scripts@ directory. Add the following code to use the @md5sum@ program to compute the hash of each file in a collection:
<pre><code class="userinput">{% include run-md5sum.py %}</code></pre>