in reply to Digest::CRC hexdigest not working?

You need to pack your ascii-ised hex to binary:

use Digest::CRC;; $ctx = Digest::CRC->new(type=>"crc32");; print $ctx->add( pack 'H*', '50020301' )->hexdigest;; b5e76785

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