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-# multihash tool
-
-The `multihash` tool uses `go-multihash` to hash things much like `shasum`.
-
-Warning: this is a **multihash** tool! Its digests follow the [multihash](https://github.com/multiformats/multihash) format.
-
-### Install
-
-- From Source:
- ```
- go get github.com/multiformats/go-multihash/multihash
- ```
-- Precompiled Binaries: https://gobuilder.me/github.com/multiformats/go-multihash/multihash
-
-### Usage
-
-```sh
-> multihash -h
-usage: ./multihash [options] [FILE]
-Print or check multihash checksums.
-With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
-
-Options:
- -a="sha2-256": one of: sha1, sha2-256, sha2-512, sha3 (shorthand)
- -algorithm="sha2-256": one of: sha1, sha2-256, sha2-512, sha3
- -c="": check checksum matches (shorthand)
- -check="": check checksum matches
- -e="base58": one of: raw, hex, base58, base64 (shorthand)
- -encoding="base58": one of: raw, hex, base58, base64
- -l=-1: checksums length in bits (truncate). -1 is default (shorthand)
- -length=-1: checksums length in bits (truncate). -1 is default
-```
-
-### Examples
-
-#### Input
-
-```sh
-# from stdin
-> multihash < main.go
-QmRZxt2b1FVZPNqd8hsiykDL3TdBDeTSPX9Kv46HmX4Gx8
-
-# from file
-> ./multihash main.go
-QmRZxt2b1FVZPNqd8hsiykDL3TdBDeTSPX9Kv46HmX4Gx8
-
-# from stdin "filename"
-> multihash - < main.go
-QmRZxt2b1FVZPNqd8hsiykDL3TdBDeTSPX9Kv46HmX4Gx8
-```
-
-#### Algorithms
-
-```sh
-> multihash -a ?
-error: algorithm '?' not one of: sha1, sha2-256, sha2-512, sha3
-
-> multihash -a sha1 < main.go
-5drkbcqJUo6fZVvcZJeVEVWAgndvLm
-
-> multihash -a sha2-256 < main.go
-QmcK3s36goo9v2HYcfTrDKKwxaxmJJ59etodQQFYsL5T5N
-
-> multihash -a sha2-512 < main.go
-8VuDcW4CooyPQA8Cc4eYpwjhyDJZqu5m5ZMDFzWULYsVS8d119JaGeNWsZbZ2ZG2kPtbrMx31MidokCigaD65yUPAs
-
-> multihash -a sha3 < main.go
-8tWDCTfAX24DYmzNixTj2ARJkqwRG736VHx5aJppmqRjhW9QT1EuTgKUmu9Pmunzq292jzPKxb2VxSsTXmjFY1HD3B
-```
-
-#### Encodings
-
-```sh
-> multihash -e raw < main.go
- Ϛ�����I�5 S��WG>���_��]g�����u
-
-> multihash -e hex < main.go
-1220cf9aa2b8a38b9b49d135095390059a57473e97aceb5fcae25d67a8b6feb58275
-
-> multihash -e base64 < main.go
-EiDPmqK4o4ubSdE1CVOQBZpXRz6XrOtfyuJdZ6i2/rWCdQ==
-
-> multihash -e base58 < main.go
-Qmf1QjEXDmqBm7RqHKqFGNUyhzUjnX7cmgKMrGzzPceZDQ
-```
-
-#### Digest Length
-
-```sh
-# we're outputing hex (good byte alignment) to show the codes changing
-# notice the multihash code (first 2 chars) differs!
-> multihash -e hex -a sha2-256 -l 256 < main.go
-1220cf9aa2b8a38b9b49d135095390059a57473e97aceb5fcae25d67a8b6feb58275
-> multihash -e hex -a sha2-512 -l 256 < main.go
-132047a4b6c629f5545f529b0ff461dc09119969f3593186277a1cc7a8ea3560a6f1
-> multihash -e hex -a sha3 -l 256 < main.go
-14206b9222a1a47939e665261bd2b5573e55e7988675223adde73c1011066ad66335
-
-# notice the multihash length (next 2 chars) differs!
-> multihash -e hex -a sha2-256 -l 256 < main.go
-1220cf9aa2b8a38b9b49d135095390059a57473e97aceb5fcae25d67a8b6feb58275
-> multihash -e hex -a sha2-256 -l 200 < main.go
-1219cf9aa2b8a38b9b49d135095390059a57473e97aceb5fcae25d
-```
-
-#### Verify Checksum
-
-```sh
-> multihash -c QmRZxt2b1FVZPNqd8hsiykDL3TdBDeTSPX9Kv46HmX4Gx8 < main.go
-OK checksums match (-q for no output)
-
-> multihash -c QmcKaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa < main.go
-error: computed checksum did not match (-q for no output)
-
-# works with other arguments too
-> multihash -e hex -l 128 -c "12102ffc284a1e82bf51e567c75b2ae6edb9" < main.go
-OK checksums match (-q for no output)
-```