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# Hash File
## hash-file
### Instructions
Create a function `hashFile(file)` that given the name of a file in the current folder, expected to be a string, returns the hash `sha256` of the content of this file as a string.
Create a function `hashFile(fpath)` that given the name of a file in the current folder, expected to be a string, returns the hash `sha256` of the content of this file as a string.
### Usage
_textfile.txt_
Here below an example of `main.js` script to test the usage of the `hashFile` function:
```
Sometimes science is more art than science.
```js
const hash = await hashFile('textfile.txt')
console.log(hash)
```
```js
let hash = hashFile("textfile.txt")
console.log(hash)
// expected result : 575e6ccc6aa3882344d97a8ebae4b7fc4852f9149ad14007d11164450f751eb1
And its usage:
```console
$cat textfile.txt
Sometimes science is more art than science.$
Sometimes science is more art than science.
$ node main.js
bd9ecabfb0c9a310cbca5ef1dd6456486236ba58a1d8a4eaf2b0a40283525cd9
$
```
### Notions
- [Node.js _crypto_ hash](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v14.x/api/crypto.html#crypto_class_hash)
- [Node.js _fs_ readFileSync](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v14.x/api/fs.html#fs_fs_readfilesync_path_options)
- [Node.js _fs.readFile_](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#filehandlereadfileoptions)
- [Wikipedia: Hash_function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function)

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