strings/Get-StringHash.ps1
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function Get-StringHash { <# .SYNOPSIS Returns hash from a string .DESCRIPTION Returns hash from an input string using given hash algorithm. Default algorithm is: 'MD5' .PARAMETER String String to be hashed .PARAMETER HashName Hash algorithm name .EXAMPLE Get-StringHash "test" Returns hash from string 'test' .EXAMPLE Get-StringHash 'test' -HashName "sha256" Returns hash from string 'test' using 'sha256' algorithm #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)] [String]$String, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false, Position = 1)] [String]$HashName = "MD5" ) process { $StringBuilder = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder [System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm]::Create($HashName).ComputeHash([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($String)) | % { [Void]$StringBuilder.Append($_.ToString("x2")) } $StringBuilder.ToString() } } |