compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array

james289o9 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i wrote this script and finally figured out, after hours and hours of searching, how to compare two md5 checksums:

use warnings;
use strict;
use Digest::MD5;

my $file = "$ARGV[0]";
my $file1 = "$ARGV[1]";
open (my $fh, '<', $file) or die "Can't open '$file': $!";
binmode ($fh);

open (my $fh1, '<', $file1) or die "Can't open '$file': $!";
binmode ($fh1);

my $md5 = Digest::MD5->new->addfile($fh)->hexdigest;
my $md51 = Digest::MD5->new->addfile($fh1)->hexdigest;

print "\n", $file, "\n", $md5, "\n", "\n", $file1, "\n", $md51, "\n";

if ($md5 eq $md51) {
    print "\n", "The MD5's match perfectly", "\n";
} else { 
    print "\n", "The MD5's do NOT match", "\n";
}

system ( 'pause' );
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but what i really need to do is get the md5 from $ARGV0 and compare that against an entire predefined @md5 array. essentially the $ARGV1 will be replaced by an array. i have searched and searched how to accomplish this. Like i say, all i need to do is compare the ARGV0 md5 against an entire array of md5's. any help or input would be very much appreciated :)

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Re: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by hippo (Bishop) on Dec 04, 2013 at 13:21 UTC
Perhaps this FAQ will help?	[reply]
Re^2: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Dec 04, 2013 at 14:38 UTC
I am curious why, if smartmatch is experimental, perlfaq4 references ~~only~~ with such high prominence the smartmatch solution (thanks to choroba for the link). --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^2: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by james289o9 (Acolyte) on Dec 04, 2013 at 13:52 UTC
you sir are a life saver. i kept googling for "how to compare md5 against an entire array". and there wasnt much info :( heck, i couldnt even find that FAQ sheet you linked lol. thanks sir/ma'am	[reply]
Re: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Dec 04, 2013 at 13:42 UTC
Depending on the age of your perl, you may also want to look at grep. --MidLifeXis	[reply]
Re^2: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by james289o9 (Acolyte) on Dec 04, 2013 at 13:53 UTC
im using active state perl. the latest build 64 bit. but i will still look into grep. thanks :)	[reply]
Re: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Dec 04, 2013 at 14:00 UTC
A `foreach` loop is also handy, e.g.: `my $found = 0; foreach my $element (@array) { if ($element eq $md5) { $found = 1; last; # STOP THE LOOP EARLY } }` [download] This is a simple, obvious strategy that should be perfectly suitable for up to a few hundred thousand MD5s on today’s hardware.
Re^2: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by james289o9 (Acolyte) on Dec 04, 2013 at 14:16 UTC
you guys are the BOMB xD ill have to check that snippet out, this will stop searching the array if it finds a match it right? the first link helped me alot, now im comparing hashes from argv0 against my array :D	[reply]
Re^3: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by james289o9 (Acolyte) on Dec 04, 2013 at 14:20 UTC
just to update, this is how i accomplished this. `use warnings; use strict; use Digest::MD5; my $file = "$ARGV[0]"; open (my $fh, '<', $file) or die "Can't open '$file': $!"; binmode ($fh); my $md5 = Digest::MD5->new->addfile($fh)->hexdigest; print "\n", $file, "\n", $md5, "\n"; my @array = ('d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e', 'd6721344ed0cdc2e8a05 +4a68b7ebc365', 'cee8eb94fd83f8d534bc44bf136ebaa0'); if( $md5 ~~ @array ) { print "The MD5's match perfectly\n"; } else { print "The MD5's do NOT match\n"; } system ( 'pause' );` [download] thanks to you all for helping me with this :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: compare md5 from file against entire@md5 array by Jim (Curate) on Dec 05, 2013 at 02:15 UTC


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