-={ Friday, 30 September 2016, 16:07:59.736084628 -0700 }=-

Hey Alan!

 AI> I've saved this to file and will try those out.

I am guessing that;

  printf "Crc %X\n" $(cksum filename | cut -f1 -d' ')

comes the closest to what the doctor ordered as long as the cksum agrees with
whatever you are sharing files with given the TIC way of doing things.  Like
mark pointed out it might not.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Ne mæg na wandian se þe wrecan þenceð frean.
    He must not hesitate at all who intends to avenge his lord.
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