From: Shusaku <tsyk@...>
Date: 2002-12-23T00:04:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Quickest way to get md5 of a file?


On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 14:00:45 +0100
"MikkelFJ" <mikkelfj-anti-spam@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> > ruby -r digest/md5 -e 'ARGV.each{|f|print f, " "; puts
> Digest::MD5.hexdigest(File.read(f))}' *
> 
> This doesn't work on Windows 2K, Ruby 1.6.7 or 1.7.3-7
> It says that 'f' is not a valid file.

You can escape the vertical line using caret like this.

C:\>ruby -r digest/md5 -e 'ARGV.each{^|f^| ... }' *

However, I couldn't find any documents for this special
usage of the caret on Windows.  I found this useful tips
by trial and error.  Does anyone know where the official
document is?

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Shusaku <tsyk@yk.rim.or.jp>