How to generate partial checksum of a file
hash, linux, md5
Solution
`head -c 1024 | md5sum`
should work.
Full example, as requested in comments:
`head -c 1024 your_file | md5sum`
Problem
How can i calculate, let's say md5 sum of first 1024 bytes of a file? I tried `od -N 1024 | md5sum` however od output is in octal format by default and this generates different md5 hash.