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Powershell Md5 Hash

Learn how to use Powershell to generate an MD5 hash with our detailed and easy-to-follow code snippet.

$file = 'path_to_your_file';
$md5 = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider;
$hash = [System.BitConverter]::ToString($md5.ComputeHash([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($file)));
$hash

This code snippet is designed to generate an MD5 hash of a file using Powershell. First, the file path is stored in the variable '$file'.

A new object of type 'System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider' is created and stored in the variable '$md5'. This is a .NET Framework class used for computing MD5 hash values.

The ComputeHash method on '$md5' is called with the file's bytes as the argument. The BitConverter's ToString method coverts these hashed values into a string so they can be stored in '$hash'.

Finally, '$hash' is called to produce the MD5 hash of your desired file. Replace 'path_to_your_file' with the specific path of your file to get the MD5 hash.