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I want to perform the following command in command line : 

$ md5sum $(find . -type f)

But this would cause problems when it encounter files with spaces in filenames : 

md5sum: Kaufmann: No such file or directory
md5sum: Mobile: No such file or directory
md5sum: 3D: No such file or directory
md5sum: Graphics: No such file or directory
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marked as duplicate by Gilles, terdon♦, slm♦, jasonwryan, Anthon Jan 16 '14 at 5:48

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Do this way instead:

find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \;

This way spaces in the matched filenames will be handled correctly.

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