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+#!/bin/bash
+# Creates a .sha256 file with the same subfolders and each file (so creates a directory tree identical to the original.  
+SRC_DIR="/data"
+DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
+
+find "$SRC_DIR" -type f | while read -r file; do
+    # Get the directory and filename relative to SRC_DIR
+    rel_dir=$(dirname "${file#$SRC_DIR/}")
+    filename=$(basename "$file")
+    # Create a log directory for this file
+    log_dir="/tmp/$rel_dir/$filename"
+    mkdir -p "$log_dir"
+    # Generate sha256 and save to $DATE.sha256 inside the log directory
+    sha256sum "$file" > "$log_dir/$DATE.sha256"
+done