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.

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Create a file.

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Generate the file hash.

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Here is the command output.

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There are multiple hash algorithms available.

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Here is the command output.

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Generate the hash of all files in a directory.

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Here is the command output.

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Generate the hash of specific files in a directory.

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Compare the hash of 2 files.

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Compare the hash to a file.

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Congratulations! You are able to get the hash of files using Powershell.