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Overview

tlsh_unittest can be used to compute TLSH digest values or the distance between digest values in the following ways:

1.: To compute the TLSH digest value of a single file (-f file), or a directory of files (-r dir). This output can be used to create the listfile required by the -l option described below.

2.: To compute the distance between a comparison file or TLSH digest (-c <file|digest>) and the specified file (-f file), TLSH digest (-d digest), directory of files (-r dir), or list (-l listfile).

3.: To compute the distance between each element in a set of files (-r dir) or files/digests in a list (-l listfile) with every other element in that set, using the -xref flag

-c <file|digest>: Specifies a filename or digest whose TLSH value will be compared to a specified TLSH digest (-d) OR the TLSH value of a sepcified file (-f) OR the TLSH values of files in a specified directory (-r) OR the TLSH values in a specified listfile (-l)

-xref: Results in the calculation of distance between each element in the set. Used only when a set of files (-r dir) or TLSH values (-l listfile) is specified.

-f file: Specifies a file whose TLSH values are to be computed, or used for comparison (-c <file|digest>)

-d digest: Specifies a TLSH digest value that is to be compared to the specified comparison file or digest (-c <file|digset>)

-r dir: Specifies a recursive directory search for files whose TLSH values are to be computed, or used for comparison (-c <file|digset> or -xref)

-l listfile

Used for comparison purposes only (-c <file|digset> or -xref). Each line in listfile can contain either:

•: a tab separated TLSH digest value and its corresponding filename (comparison output will display filenames)

The tab separated listfile can be generated by running tlsh_unittest with either the -f or -r flag

-xlen: Determines if the lengths of the compared files is to be included in determining the distance.

-T threshold_value: Used only during comparisons (-c <file|digset> or -xref). Specifies the maximun distance that a comparison must generate before it is reported (defaults to 9999).

Calculate the distance between two files:

tlsh_unittest -c <file 1> -f <file 2>

Calculate the distance between two TLSH digest values:

tlsh_unittest -c <TLSH digest 1> -d <TLSH digest 2>

Calculate the TLSH digest values for every file in a directory. This creates input for the -l option:

tlsh_unittest -r <dir>

Get the distance between a reference TLSH digest value, and a list of TLSH digest values in a file:

tlsh_unittest -c <TLSH digest> -l <file>

Compare the TLSH value for every file in a directory, to every other file in that directory:

tlsh_unittest -xref -r <dir>

This man page has been adapted from tlsh_unittest usage output for the Debian project.