Google Chrome - Alphanumeric hashes to identify extensions

Question

Google Chrome is using alpha numeric hashes as identifiers for the Chrome extensions. For eg. \"ajpgkpeckebdhofmmjfgcjjiiejpodla\" is the identifier for XMarks Bookmark Sync

Answer 1

A nice little bash script for a "idiot proof" way to find out your extensions id. Thanks to A-Tuin for the oneliner command.

#!/bin/bash
txtred=$(tput setaf 1) # Red

echo "Script to generate extension id from your extensions .pem file"
sleep 2
while true; do
read -e -p "Enter local file path for your pem file " PEMFILE
if [[ $PEMFILE != *.pem ]]; then
        echo "That is not a .pem file. Please enter a correct .pem file"
        sleep 2
else
        break
fi
done
PEMFILEGEN=`cat $PEMFILE | openssl rsa -pubout -outform DER | openssl dgst -sha256 | awk '{print $2}' | cut -c 1-32 | tr '0-9a-f' 'a-p'`
echo "Your extension id is:${txtred} $PEMFILEGEN${textred}"
tput sgr0
exit 0