Run a terminal (Applications → Utilities → The terminal app), and then perform the following syntax checking
$ md5 /path/to/file $ shasum /path/to/file
If a file path is complex
$ shasum (Drag and drop files here)
Shasum command detection SHA1 default value, and can be modified by the parameter -a to 224, 256, 384 or 512.
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