how do I verify that the the checksum is correct?

[Paul Smith]

On 2/2/07, Les <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:
> > 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.

I have written a tiny script to do that. Basically, it compares two
strings. I will post it to you later on, as I have not it with me now.

Paul