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PowerShell cmdLet get-fileHash

get-fileHash calculates a hash value for a file and returns a psObject with the following three members (Note Properties) whose type is string:

Algorithm
Hash
Path

$hash = get-fileHash xyz.txt

$hash.algorithm
#
# SHA256

$hash.path
#
# C:\Users\rene\PowerShell\cmdlets\fileHash\get\xyz.txt

$hash.hash
#
# B1B113C6ED8AB3A14779F7C54179EAC2B87D39FCEBBF65A50556B8D68CAAA2FB

Github repository about-PowerShell, path: /cmdlets/fileHash/get/calculate-hash.ps1

Choosing the algorithm

The -algorithm option allows to choose from one of the following algorithms:

SHA1
SHA256
SHA384
SHA512
MD5

PowerShell cmdLet get-fileHash

Choosing the algorithm

See also