hashalot (0.3-5) hashalot.1

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 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

    
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--- hashalot-0.3.orig/hashalot.1
+++ hashalot-0.3/hashalot.1
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@
 .SH NAME
 hashalot \- read a passphrase and print a hash
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B  hashalot [ \-s SALT ] [ \-x ] [ \-n #BYTES ] HASHTYPE
+.B  hashalot [ \-s SALT ] [ \-x ] [ \-n #BYTES ] [ -q ] [ HASHTYPE ]
 .br
-.B  HASHTYPE [ \-s SALT ] [ \-x ] [ \-n #BYTES ]
+.B  HASHTYPE [ \-s SALT ] [ \-x ] [ \-n #BYTES ] [ -q ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 \fIhashalot\fP is a small tool that reads a passphrase from standard
 input, hashes it using the given hash type, and prints the result to
 standard output.
 .PP
+\fBWarning\fP: If you do not use the \fB\-x\fP option, the hash is
+printed in binary. This may wedge your terminal settings, or even force
+you to log out.
+.PP
 Supported values for \fIHASHTYPE\fP:
 .br
 .RS 8
@@ -36,6 +40,12 @@
 default is as appropriate for the specified hash algorithm: 20 bytes for
 RIPEMD160, 32 bytes for SHA256, etc. The default for the "rmd160compat"
 hash is 16 bytes, for compatibility with the old kerneli.org utilities.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-q
+option causes
+.B hashalot
+to be more quiet and not print some warnings which may be superfluous.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Ben Slusky <sluskyb@paranoiacs.org>
 .PP