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MD5 Verification Methods

Windows Platform

  1. Open the Rawdata folder
  2. Double-click to run md5check.bat
  3. A DOS command window will pop up
  4. If "OK" is displayed at the end, it means there were no issues during data transfer and all files are intact, safe to view and use

macOS Platform

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Use the cd command to navigate to the directory containing the MD5 verification files
  3. Run the following command:
    bash
    md5 *gz | awk -F '[=() ]' '{print $NF "  " $3}’ | diff - md5.md5
  4. If there is no output, the verification is successful. If there is output, it will display the list of problematic sample files

Linux Platform

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Use the cd command to navigate to the directory containing the MD5 verification files
  3. Run the following command:
    bash
     md5sum -c md5.md5