use Digest::MD5 qw[md5_hex]; my $s = 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'; print md5_hex $s; 77add1d5f41223d5582fca736a5cb335 print md5_hex $s . 's'; 5e48a737eaff799917707b2815af10fc print md5_hex $s . 'S'; d02763729a741eed14417a1051ec228c