Would you like to learn how to generate a file hash using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to create and compare file hash on a computer running Windows.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11
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Tutorial Powershell – Using file hash
Start a Powershell command-line.
Create a file.
Generate the file hash.
Here is the command output.
There are multiple hash algorithms available.
Here is the command output.
Generate the hash of all files in a directory.
Here is the command output.
Generate the hash of specific files in a directory.
Compare the hash of 2 files.
Compare the hash to a file.
Congratulations! You are able to get the hash of files using Powershell.
