md5 all files in a directory tree

Question

I have a a directory with a structure like so:

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├── Test.txt
├── Test1
│   ├── Test1.txt
│   ├── Test1_copy.txt
│   └── Test1a
│       ├── Test1a.txt
│       └─         


        

Answer 1

Use find command to list all files in directory tree, then use xargs to provide input to md5sum command

find dirname -type f | xargs md5sum > checksums.md5