PowerShell/scripts/get-md5.ps1
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Prints the MD5 checksum of a file
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script calculates and prints the MD5 checksum of the given file.
NOTE: MD5 is no longer considered secure, use it for simple change validation only!
.PARAMETER path
Specifies the file path to the file
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./get-md5.ps1 C:\MyFile.txt
✅ MD5 hash is 041E16F16E60AD250EB794AF0681BD4A
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$path = "")
try {
if ($path -eq "" ) { $path = Read-Host "Enter the file path" }
if (-not(Test-Path $path -pathType leaf)) { throw "Invalid file path given: $path" }
$result = Get-FileHash -path $path -algorithm MD5
"✅ MD5 hash is $($result.Hash)"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}