hash
Computes a SHA256 hash digest of a given field.
Deprecated
This operator will soon be removed in favor of first-class support for functions that can be used in a variety of different operators and contexts.
Synopsis
hash [-s|--salt=<string>] <field>
Description
The hash
operator calculates a hash digest of a given field.
<-s|--salt>=<string>
A salt value for the hash.
<field>
The field over which the hash is computed.
Examples
Hash all values of the field username
using the salt value "xxx"
and store
the digest in a new field username_hashed
:
hash --salt="B3IwnumKPEJDAA4u" username