@LanX, thanks. I figured I wasn't doing something correctly. In all my years I've never ever used a system like this.

@BrowserUk, nope. "--text" did not work. It yielded the following:

[Sat Feb 11 18:18:06.310530 2017] [cgi:error] [pid 32673] [client 97.9
+3.113.253:50798] AH01215: Try `/usr/bin/md5sum --help' for more infor
+mation.: /home/beee001/public_html/cgi-bin/eposturl.cgi

[Sat Feb 11 18:18:06.310432 2017] [cgi:error] [pid 32673]
[client 97.93.113.253:50798] AH01215: /usr/bin/md5sum: option '--text'
+ doesn't allow an argument: /home/beee001/public_html/cgi-bin/epostur
+l.cgi

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