package main import ( "crypto/md5" "fmt" "io" "log" "os" ) func main() { /* Hashing and Checksums */ // Open file for reading file, err := os.Open("test.txt") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer file.Close() // Create new hasher, which is a writer interface hasher := md5.New() _, err = io.Copy(hasher, file) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } sum := hasher.Sum(nil) fmt.Printf("Md5 checksum: %x\n", sum) }