bug#17997: md5sum adds a new line at the end of the input

[Pádraig Brady]

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On 07/11/2014 09:48 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I implemented my own MD5 generator.
> It provides the same results as all the online MD5 generators, like for 
> instance http://onlinemd5.com/.
> 
> But it gives a different result than the GNU md5sum tool.
> So I investigated this : it seems that md5sum adds a newline at the end of 
> the input !
> 
> That is quite easy to test :
> - go to http://onlinemd5.com/, type "test" as text input. The MD5 sum is 
> 098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6
> - now type in a prompt : "echo test | md5sum". The MD5 sum is 
> d8e8fca2dc0f896fd7cb4cb0031ba249
> - back to onlinemd5.com, type "test" and press enter to add a new line in the 
> input. Now the MD5 sum is d8e8fca2dc0f896fd7cb4cb0031ba249 !!
> 
> This behaviour was detected on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.3 with GNU Coreutils 
> 8.4.
> I was able to reproduce it using the latest 8.22 version (fresh build) on the 
> same machine, and on CentOS 5.10 with Coreutils 5.97.
> 
> Did someone know about this ?

echo adds the newline.

  $ printf 'test' | md5sum
  098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6  -

thanks,
Pádraig.