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Why does Go sha256 give different result than Ubuntu command sha256sum?

Golang playground link given in a SO question uses the sha256 lib of Go gives a different result than running the following command in Ubuntu linux.

echo "sha1 this string" | sha256sum

Go's result: fceab3bb749b11a43b89f21ccd28e3f5d8b38d5b23eeea960fc169ab482ee2cd

Linux result: 62d44fd0392ed998179bfd4a162141d7000d1f9aa4fae26465e2e4f57d3a420e

Is this not the correct way to create a digest in Go? Can someone explain what is going on here?

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RayfenWindspear Avatar asked Dec 30 '25 21:12

RayfenWindspear


1 Answers

Because echo appends a \n character. Try doing echo -n:

echo -n "sha1 this string" | gsha256sum
fceab3bb749b11a43b89f21ccd28e3f5d8b38d5b23eeea960fc169ab482ee2cd  -
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Christian Ternus Avatar answered Jan 02 '26 13:01

Christian Ternus