`hash md5` for hash

Hash a value using the md5 hash algorithm.

Signature

> hash md5 {flags} ...rest

Flags

--binary, -b: Output binary instead of hexadecimal representation.

Parameters

...rest: Optionally md5 hash data by cell path.

Input/output types:

input	output
string	oneof<string, binary>
binary	oneof<string, binary>
list<string>	list<oneof<string, binary>>
list<binary>	list<oneof<string, binary>>
table	table
record	record

Examples

Return the md5 hash of a string, hex-encoded

> 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' | hash md5
c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b

Return the md5 hash of a string, as binary

> 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' | hash md5 --binary
Length: 16 (0x10) bytes | null_char printable whitespace ascii_other non_ascii
00000000:   c3 fc d3 d7  61 92 e4 00  7d fb 49 6c  ca 67 e1 3b   ××××a××0}×Il×g×;

Return the md5 hash of binary data

> 0x[deadbeef] | hash md5

Return the md5 hash of a file's contents

> open ./nu_0_24_1_windows.zip | hash md5

Return the md5 hash of a list of strings