The hashdeep Command

Summary

The hashdeep command creates any type of checksum for a group of files.

Basic command structure

For all descriptions below, the dollar sign indicates that BASH command prompt.

Possible Flags

<!– ### -h When used in combination with the -l flag, the -h flag displays file size in human-readable units such as kilobytes, megabytes, and gigabytes.

Output

The ls command has many different kinds of outputs as described below:

• Standard output with no flags, which displays the names of directories and files within the directory where the command is run:

• Output with -l flag, which displays directories and files in a list form with metadata in colums:

Examples

• If you want to see hidden files in a nice list format run $ ls -la ~. The ~ would indicate your home folder.
• To get a the contents of an entire directory structure starting at a parent folder: $ ls -alRt. If you’d like, you can use a redirect, such as > to send the output to a text file. Here’s an example: $ ls -alRt ~/Desktop > ~/Desktop/report.txt

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