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/sha256-python words.txt > hashes-python.txt How long did it take you to calculate are print out almost 470,000 lines of hashes? On my several-year-old notebook (4 cores, 8 GB RAM) it took 1.4 seconds. Not too shabby! How do you think Bash will do? Try: time ./sha256-bash words.txt > hashes-bash.txt I suggest you go make yourself a cup of coffee or something and then take out the trash while waiting for it to finish.