How to get boolean result of md5sum from two files in powershell

Try something like this

$directory1 = '\\server\share\folder1'
$directory2 = '\\server\share\folder2'

$files = GCI $directory1  

ForEach ($f in $files) {
    $hash1 = Get-FileHash $f.fullname
    $hash2 = Get-FileHash (Join-Path $directory2 $f.name)
    Write-Host $f.name ($hash1 -eq $hash2)
    }

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Function Get-FileHash
{
	[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Path')]
	param(
		[System.String[]]
		$Path,

		[Alias('PSPath')]
		[System.String[]]
		$LiteralPath,

		[System.String]
		$Algorithm='SHA256'
	)
	
	# Construct the strongly-typed crypto object
	$hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm]::Create($Algorithm)
	
	$pathsToProcess = @()
	
	if($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName  -eq 'LiteralPath')
	{
		$pathsToProcess += Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $LiteralPath
	}
	else
	{
		$pathsToProcess += Resolve-Path $Path
	}
	
	foreach($filePath in $pathsToProcess)
	{
		if(Test-Path -LiteralPath $filePath -PathType Container)
		{
			continue
		}
		
		try
		{
			# Read the file specified in $FilePath as a Byte array
			[system.io.stream]$stream = [system.io.file]::OpenRead($FilePath)

			# Compute file-hash using the crypto object
			[Byte[]] $computedHash = $hasher.ComputeHash($stream)
		}
		catch [Exception]
		{
			$errorMessage = [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UtilityResources]::FileReadError -f $FilePath, $_
			Write-Error -Message $errorMessage -Category ReadError -ErrorId 'FileReadError' -TargetObject $FilePath
			return
		}
		finally
		{
			if($stream)
			{
				$stream.Close()
			}
		}
		
		# Convert to hex-encoded string
		[string] $hash = [BitConverter]::ToString($computedHash) -replace '-',''

		$retVal = [PSCustomObject] @{
			Algorithm = $Algorithm.ToUpperInvariant()
			Hash = $hash
			Path = $filePath
		}
		$retVal.psobject.TypeNames.Insert(0, 'Microsoft.Powershell.Utility.FileHash')

		$retVal
	}
}

$myobject = @()
$directory1 = read-host('Input Directory 1 Location')
if (!(test-path $directory1)) {
write-output ('invalid path:{0}' -f $directory1)
break
}
$directory2 = read-host('Input Directory 2 Location')
if (!(test-path $directory2)) {
write-output ('invalid path:{0}' -f $directory2)
break
}
if( $directory2[$directory2.Length -1] -ne '\'){
$directory2 += '\'
}
$files = get-childitem -path $directory1 -File
foreach ($file in $files){
$hash = Get-FileHash $file.fullname
$object = new-object -Typename psobject 
$object | add-member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'Filename' -Value $file.name
$object | add-member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'Hash' -Value $hash.Hash
$myobject += $object
}
$myobject2 = @()
foreach ($file in $myobject)
{

$testfile = $directory2 + $file.filename
if(!(Test-path $testfile)) {
write-output ('{0} not found' -f $testfile)
break
}
else {
$successful = '= Success'
$hash = Get-FileHash $testfile
if ($file.hash -ne $hash.hash){
$successful = '= Failure (md5 value not match)'
}
write-output('{0} = {1}' -f $file.fileName,$successful)
$object = new-object -Typename psobject 
$object | add-member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'Filename' -Value $file.Filename
$object | add-member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'Success' -Value $successful
$myobject2 += $object
}
$myobject2 | out-file c:\test2\ee.txt

}

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Thanks Carlo, that looks neat but I believe 1.0 doesn't support this

thanks David, I will try tonight, as I'm away from my pc. btw how should call this function? how to pass the two directory as parameter  (sorry I'm sort of new to powershell)

it will ask you.. read-host gets input from standard input which in this case is the keyboard

Using the same function from the other post, I would keep it simple create 2 arrays with a list of files and hashes and then use compare-object to find the differences.

Function Get-FileHash
{
	[CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = "Path")]
	param(
		[System.String[]]
		$Path,

		[Alias("PSPath")]
		[System.String[]]
		$LiteralPath,

		[System.String]
		$Algorithm="SHA256"
	)
	
	# Construct the strongly-typed crypto object
	$hasher = [System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm]::Create($Algorithm)
	
	$pathsToProcess = @()
	
	if($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName  -eq "LiteralPath")
	{
		$pathsToProcess += Resolve-Path -LiteralPath $LiteralPath
	}
	else
	{
		$pathsToProcess += Resolve-Path $Path
	}
	
	foreach($filePath in $pathsToProcess)
	{
		if(Test-Path -LiteralPath $filePath -PathType Container)
		{
			continue
		}
		
		try
		{
			# Read the file specified in $FilePath as a Byte array
			[system.io.stream]$stream = [system.io.file]::OpenRead($FilePath)

			# Compute file-hash using the crypto object
			[Byte[]] $computedHash = $hasher.ComputeHash($stream)
		}
		catch [Exception]
		{
			$errorMessage = [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UtilityResources]::FileReadError -f $FilePath, $_
			Write-Error -Message $errorMessage -Category ReadError -ErrorId "FileReadError" -TargetObject $FilePath
			return
		}
		finally
		{
			if($stream)
			{
				$stream.Close()
			}
		}
		
		# Convert to hex-encoded string
		[string] $hash = [BitConverter]::ToString($computedHash) -replace '-',''

		$retVal = [PSCustomObject] @{
			Algorithm = $Algorithm.ToUpperInvariant()
			Hash = $hash
			Path = $filePath
		}
		$retVal.psobject.TypeNames.Insert(0, "Microsoft.Powershell.Utility.FileHash")

		$retVal
	}
}

$arr1 = gci -Recurse c:\temp\folder1 | % {
	Get-FileHash $_.fullname} | select `
		@{n="Hash";e={$_.item("hash")}}, `
		@{n="algorithm";e={$_.item("algorithm")}}, `
		@{n="Path";e={$_.item("path")}
}

$arr2 = gci -Recurse c:\temp\folder2 | % {
	Get-FileHash $_.fullname} | select `
		@{n="Hash";e={$_.item("hash")}}, `
		@{n="algorithm";e={$_.item("algorithm")}}, `
		@{n="Path";e={$_.item("path")}
}

Compare-Object -ReferenceObject $arr1 -DifferenceObject $arr2 -Property hash | % {
	$indicator = $_
	if ($indicator.sideindicator -eq "<=")
	{
		$arr1 | ? {$_.hash -eq $indicator.hash}
	}
	else
	{
		$arr2 | ? {$_.hash -eq $indicator.hash}
	}
}

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I find Compare-Object a simple way to compare arrays.

Hi David,
Thanks very much...that worked fine for me, I will attempt how to pass two directories as arguments to that function.

@Learnctx,
I changed the path in the function but I rece. below blank report. I'm sure I did something wrong...sorry :(

PS C:\parent\scripts> .\compareMD52.ps1

Hash                                                        algorithm                                                   Path
----                                                        ---------                                                   ----

Thanks very much!!