I downloaded an OVA file onto a client server and wanted to confirm the file i downloaded was not corrupt, but did not want to install any additional tools.
I ran the following
C:\Users\scatteredtech\Downloads>CertUtil -hashfile Panorama-ESX-8.0.0.ova SHA256 SHA256 hash of file Panorama-ESX-8.0.0.ova: aa 68 2a 77 f6 6d 6d 52 33 8d 50 7a 08 9f 17 0a 44 69 8c 69 34 9d cd b5 57 28 2e 4e 63 67 1f 97 CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.
The hash matched the one provided by the vendor so i was confident the download was not corrupt.
here is the output of certutil -hashfile -? for more info
certutil -hashfile -? Usage: CertUtil [Options] -hashfile InFile [HashAlgorithm] Generate and display cryptographic hash over a file Hash algorithms: MD2 MD4 MD5 SHA1 SHA256 SHA384 SHA512