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Can checksum handle Unicode checksum files?

April 26, 2017checksum files Unicode

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Can checksum handle Unicode checksum files?

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Yes. checksum can create and verify both Unicode (UTF-8) and ANSI checksum files. UTF-8 creation is the default, in fact; but if you prefer to create ANSI checksum files for some reason (perhaps to share with a user of an old MD5 utility), you can disable UTF-8 in the preferences. Note: even if you disable UTF-8 hash creation, checksum still recognizes and checks either encoding, automatically. Music playlists and log files are also utf-8 encoded; the names of your Eastern European art films won’t get mangled!