Re: Wierd issue with md5sum.

[Jon Larabee]

Guys,

I posted a while back with this wierd issue to md5sum and I would like to 
post a reply (mostly to admit my denseness) as I can now relate the cause 
of this issue. The cause which I have now been able to replicate is, that 
I type too fast. For this particular file for which I was using the md5sum 
command, I immediatly cat a filename which holds the previous 
sum I took the night before to compare it. Basically, I have gotten so 
used to doing it that I type it out very fast. If I type fast enough, the 
'c' of cat ends up being typed before the output to md5sum is dropped to 
the terminal and it is prepended onto the hash. I as I mentioned just 
caught myself doing it, and it is indeed a timing issue, but I have been 
able to replicate it several times. I truly apologize posting this 
boneheaded question, and I apperciate the prompt and kind suggestions I 
recieved. I just thought you all might get a kick out of it.

                                Thanks,

                                        Jon

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