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diff --git a/sbin/md5/md5.1 b/sbin/md5/md5.1 index 0cdfff928211..b530292c8269 100644 --- a/sbin/md5/md5.1 +++ b/sbin/md5/md5.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd May 10, 2023 +.Dd March 12, 2024 .Dt MD5 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ utility does the same, but with command-line options and an output format that match those of the similarly named utility that ships with Perl. .Pp +In all cases, each file listed on the command line is processed separately. +If no files are listed on the command line, or a file name is given as +.Pa - , +input is taken from stdin instead. +.Pp It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any message having a given prespecified target message digest. @@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ option, the calculated digest is printed in addition to the exit status being se .Pq Note that this option is not yet useful if multiple files are specified. .It Fl p , -passthrough Echo stdin to stdout and append the checksum to stdout. +In this mode, any files specified on the command line are silently ignored. .It Fl q , -quiet Quiet mode \(em only the checksum is printed out. Overrides the @@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ options. .It Fl s Ar string , Fl -string= Ns Ar string Print a checksum of the given .Ar string . +In this mode, any files specified on the command line are silently ignored. .It Fl t , Fl -time-trial Run a built-in time trial. For the @@ -360,7 +367,7 @@ for .Pa /boot/loader.conf in the example above. .Bd -literal -offset indent -$ md5 -c digest /boot/loader.conf +$ md5sum -c digest /boot/loader.conf: OK .Ed .Pp |