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+# shabottom
+the most cryptographically secure checksumming algorithm (source: trust me)
+
+## building
+`gcc shabottom.c -o shabottom`
+
+## usage
+`shabottom /path/to/file`
+
+or
+
+`cat /path/to/file | shabottom`
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