generate a sha1 encoded string using Perl

[Anuraj]

Hi
I ma totally new in perl i don't know perl but i was asked to 'generate a sha1 encoded string using Perl'. Can anybody explain me what is this and how to do it? I have installed perl interpreter. Please tell me find the solution for this issue.
Thanks
Anu

[Rabbit]

SHA1 is a cryptographic hashing algorithm. It takes an input and outputs a fixed length output. In perl, you can get a SHA1 value using the Digest::SHA library.

[Anuraj]

Hi thanks rabbit
Can tell me how to "generate a sha1 encoded string using Perl"
please help it is urgent.

[Rabbit]

I already told you how.

Use the Digest::SHA library.