Hashmatch

A simple CLI tool written to verify files based on various hashing algorithms.

Installation

Hashmatch is cross platform and available on Linux, macOS and Windows.

• Install on macOS via Homebrew

brew install agrimrules/hashmatch/hashmatch

• Install on Windows via Scoop

scoop bucket add agrimrules https://github.com/agrimrules/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install agrimrules/hashmatch

• Install via the golang toolchain

go get -u github.com/agrimrules/hashmatch

• Binaries are available at the Releases page, download the necessary binary for your platform and add it to your $PATH

Usage

hashmatch file1 --hash crc32

Is used to return the hash value of the particular file using the specified algorithm (default: md5sum, options: sha1, sha256, crc32)

hashmatch file1 file2

Can be used to see if both files are the same via matching md5 sums

hashmatch /path/to/directory1 /path/to/directory2

Will traverse both directories and indicate if all files within them match or not.

hashmatch file1 -o json

The -o flag can be used to output the results in JSON format

License

The Hashmatch cli tool is open-sourced software licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.

Acknowledgments

The following projects had particular influence on the hashmatch cli.

• karrick/godirwalk helped provide quick directory traversal using a simpler API.
• olekukonko/tablewriter Provides a simple table TUI for displaying the results of the comparison.
• spf13/cobra A Go framework for building CLI applications.
• thoas/go-funk A Go library providing functional utilities similar to lodash.