How to Create Checksums for ALL Files find ./backup -type f -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum > /checksums_backup.md5 find ./backup -type f -exec md5sum {} \;>> /checksums_backup.md5 find ./backup -type f -exec md5sum {} \;>> checksums_backup.md5 no xargs: find . -type f -exec ls {} \; find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \;>> /checksums.md5 How to Create Checksums for ALL Files and Sub-folders find -exec md5sum "{}" \; find -type f -exec md5sum "{}" \; find -type f -exec md5sum "{}" \; > md5sums.txt How to Verify Checksums md5sum -c checksums_backup.md5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------