(PowerShell) Hash File: SHA-1, HAVAL, MD2, MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512

Computing the hash for a file of any size.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$crypt = New-Object Chilkat.Crypt2

# Any type of file may be hashed.
# There is  no size limitation because the file is consumed
# in streaming mode internally.

$filename = "something.zip"

$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha1"
$crypt.EncodingMode = "hex"

# Other possible EncodingMode settings are: 
# "quoted-printable", "base64", "base32", and "url"

$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("SHA1:")
$($hash)

# Hash using MD2
$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "md2"
$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("MD2:")
$($hash)

# Hash using MD5
$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "md5"
$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("MD5:")
$($hash)

# Hash using SHA-256
$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha256"
$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("SHA256:")
$($hash)

# Hash using SHA-384
$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha384"
$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("SHA384:")
$($hash)

# Hash using SHA-512
$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "sha512"
$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("SHA512:")
$($hash)

# Hash using HAVAL
# There are two additional properties relevant to HAVAL:
# HavalRounds, and KeyLength.
# HavalRounds can have values of 3, 4, or 5.
# KeyLength can have values of 128, 160, 192, 224, or 256
$crypt.HashAlgorithm = "haval"
$crypt.HavalRounds = 5
$crypt.KeyLength = 256
$hash = $crypt.HashFileENC($filename)
$("Haval:")
$($hash)