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Re:"Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords by georgyo on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:33PM (#16433172)
echo -n "password"

echo adds a new line that is likely not in your password.

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Re:"Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords by noja on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:59PM (#16433374)
No it doesn't:

       -n     do not output the trailing newline
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Re:"Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords by zyxzkz on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:18PM (#16433486)
He's saying echo without an argument emits a newline, so use -n to suppress it.
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Re:"Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords by noja on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:08PM (#16439751)
Oops. Thanks.
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