Get-StringHash.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Returns a hash of a string value .DESCRIPTION Returns a hash of a string value .PARAMETER String String value to be converted to a hash. .PARAMETER HashName Hash type to be generated. Valid values are "MD5", "RIPEMD160", "SHA1", "SHA256", "SHA384", "SHA512" .EXAMPLE Get-StringHash -string "qwerty" -hashname SHA1 .OUTPUTS b1b3773a05c0ed0176787a4f1574ff0075f7521e .NOTES Daryl Newsholme 2018 #> Function Get-StringHash { [cmdletbinding()] [OutputType([String])] param( [parameter(ValueFromPipeline, Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)][String]$String, [parameter(ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, Mandatory = $true, Position = 1)] [ValidateSet("MD5", "RIPEMD160", "SHA1", "SHA256", "SHA384", "SHA512")][String]$HashName ) begin { } Process { $StringBuilder = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder [System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm]::Create($HashName).ComputeHash([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($String))| foreach-object { [Void]$StringBuilder.Append($_.ToString("x2")) } $output = $StringBuilder.ToString() } end { return $output } } |