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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: new to python, help please !!
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:21:14 +0200
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Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>:

> On Thursday 12 November 2015 04:48, Quivis wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:34:30 -0800, Anas Belemlih wrote:
>> 
>>> md5
>> 
>> If those are md5 values stored inside files, wouldn't it be easier to
>> just hash them?
>> 
>> import hashlib
>> 
>> m1 = hashlib.sha224(open('f1').read()).hexdigest()
>> m2 = hashlib.sha224(open('f2').read()).hexdigest()
>
> I presume that the purpose of the exercise is to learn basic Python
> skills like looping.

And if you really wanted to compare two files that are known to contain
MD5 checksums, the simplest way is:

   with open('f1.md5') as f1, open('f2.md5') as f2:
       if f1.read() == f2.read():
           ...
       else:
           ...


Marko