David Seubert wrote:
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> Can anybody point me to (or know of) a UNIX shell script that can be run
> to create and validate MD5 checksums or a library of UNIX shell scripts
> where I could look for such a thing?

Linux has md5sum, from Free Software Foundation, Inc.
It creates/validates MD5 checksums, and can check MD5 sums against
a list. It should already be installed on your UNIX system.
If "man md5sum" isn't fruitful, Google will get you a bushel of
choices ;-).

Gary Sprung
Carmel, CA