how do I verify that the the checksum is correct?

[Les]

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 08:27 -0800, Alex Miua wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> When I do : -
> 
> sha1sum <iso file>
> 
> this will output the checksum , do I have to verify by
> looking at the huge number that it is correct or is
> there a simple utilty which can compare the 2
> checksums  ?
> 
> Thank you,
> Alex.
My trick is to copy the checksums into a text file, highlight one of
them and use find to see if it finds the next one.

Regards,
Les H