How to copy generated string and paste in config file in linux

Question

Noob question.

I am generating a hash using a script. Now I want to use the hash as a password in my tomcat users file.

How should I go about this without using any GUI, since I am working on a server.

Answer 1

You're encrypting a password, yes?

printf "%s" "password_string" | md5sum | cut -d" " -f1

You need the printf invocation to ensure a newline does not get appended to the password.

There's also sha1sum , if you prefer to use that. These commands, I believe, are part of the openssl package.