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Add to SafariWhen comparing Hashdeep vs AIDE, the Slant community recommends AIDE for most people. In the question“What are the best file integrity checkers?” AIDE is ranked 1st while Hashdeep is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose AIDE is:
Allows for cross-compatibility, redundancy and portability.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Piecewise mode
Piecewise mode. It breaks files into chunks before hashing.
Pro Recursive operations
To get hash values of a directory and output results to a file:
hashdeep -r directory_name/ > hash.txtTo check files against saved has values (audit):
hashdeep -r -a -k hash.txt directory_namePro Multiple checksum algorithms
Support for MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, Tiger, and Whirlpool hashes.
Pro Cross-platform
A pre-built version for Windows is available. For macOS, Linux and BSD versions, built by 3rd parties are available.
Pro Can give time estimate
-e attribute will show ETA.
Pro Checksums stored in plaintext
Allows for cross-compatibility, redundancy and portability.
Pro Calculates multiple checksums
It gives you an added security against attacks on the hash function.
Pro Supports complicated file excludes
You can exclude folders, files, filetypes, etc.
Cons
