Java tutorial
import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.security.MessageDigest; import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { if (args.length != 1) { System.out.println("Usage: Masher filename"); return; } MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5"); FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(args[0]); byte[] buffer = new byte[8192]; int length; while ((length = in.read(buffer)) != -1) md.update(buffer, 0, length); byte[] raw = md.digest(); BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder(); String base64 = encoder.encode(raw); System.out.println(base64); } }