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How to run a MD5 hash in Linux, Windows and AIX

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Gerard Cafaro
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Hashes are commonly used to confirm the integrity of downloaded product binaries. The commands below demonstrate how to run a MD5 hash on Linux, Windows (with and without WSL), and AIX.

Linux 

md5sum <filename>

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Windows PowerShell

Get-FileHash <filename> -Algorithm MD5

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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

These options require WSL on Windows 10 to be enabled with a Linux distribution installed.

Linux terminal

md5sum <filename>

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Bash via PowerShell

bash -c "md5sum <filename>"

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AIX

csum -h MD5 <filename>

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