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`hash sha256` for hash

Hash a value using the sha256 hash algorithm

Signature

> hash sha256 {flags} ...rest

Flags

--binary, -b: Output binary instead of hexadecimal representation

Parameters

...rest: optionally sha256 hash data by cell path

Input/output types:

input	output
record	record
string	string
table	table

Examples

Return the sha256 hash of a string, hex-encoded

>'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'|hash sha256
71c480df93d6ae2f1efad1447c66c9525e316218cf51fc8d9ed832f2daf18b73

Return the sha256 hash of a string, as binary

>'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'|hash sha256--binary
Length:32 (0x20) bytes|printablewhitespaceascii_othernon_ascii
00000000:71c480df93d6ae2f1efad1447c66c952q××××××/•××D|f×R
00000010:5e316218cf51fc8d9ed832f2daf18b73^1b•×Q××××2××××s

Return the sha256 hash of a file's contents

>open./nu_0_24_1_windows.zip|hash sha256

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