import hashlib def calculate_sha1(filepath): """ Calculates the SHA1 hash of a given file. Args: filepath (str): The path to the file. Returns: str: The hexadecimal representation of the SHA1 hash, or None if the file is not found. """ sha1_hash = hashlib.sha1() try: with open(filepath, "rb") as f: # Read the file in chunks to handle large files efficiently for chunk in iter(lambda: f.read(4096), b""): sha1_hash.update(chunk) return sha1_hash.hexdigest() except FileNotFoundError: print(f"Error: File not found at {filepath}") return None except Exception as e: print(f"An error occurred: {e}") return None if __name__ == "__main__": # Example usage: file_path = "xls.xls" # Replace with the actual path to your file sha1_result = calculate_sha1(file_path) if sha1_result: print(f"The SHA1 hash of '{file_path}' is: {sha1_result}")