Sha one sum - command not found

Question

Question: how to extract the key from a sha 1.
I have been trying to work with sha 1 sum in lower case, and upper case and the replay i receive back is the command not found.
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$ sha1sum /file/path
-bash: sha1sum: command not found
SHA1SUM /file/path
SHA1SUM: command not found
$ SHA1 /file/path
SHA1: command not found
$ sha1 file/path
sha1: command not found
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I did some search and there was the suggestion to use:::
openssl sha1 <path/filename.ext>,
and that worked to some degree with the options.
Yet i still cannot get a key from the digest or file to play, match keys.
any suggestions ?.
Thank you

Answer 1

Do you just want the sha1 digest value?
openssl sha1 tmp.tmp
SHA1(tmp.tmp)= 154848670fbf9c7b81ee88dc22c33fb2a28ad8c7
for example:
digest=$(openssl sha1 tmp.tmp)
digest=${digest/*= /}
echo $digest
154848670fbf9c7b81ee88dc22c33fb2a28ad8c7
You can use "man openssl" to find out more about the command, however, you might find more information via a google search on sha1 digests.
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Message was edited by: BobHarris