Validating Hashes with PowerShell

I really enjoy the "do one thing and do it well" philosophy of Unix tools. With PowerShell, we can often accomplish the same as many of these tools, but it's a bit more verbose.

Here's how to compare file hashes:

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(Get-FileHash -Algorithm MD5 -Path C:\hello.txt).Hash -eq 'a2cbdf344ede757bfcde9d9b3a48e90b'

Supported algorithms are:

• SHA1
• SHA256
• SHA384
• SHA512
• MACTripleDES
• MD5
• RIPEMD160