title: How to encode md5 sum into base64 in BASH
body: <p>I need to encode md5 hash to base 64. The problem is that if give output of md5sum command to base64 command, it is considered as a text and not as a hexadecimal data. How to manage it? Base64 command has no option to set it's input as a hexadecimal number.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help.</p>