diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98e87ec..cae3d2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ If you're already familiar with shell scripting and the Unix toolset, here is a
 | `jq`     | [`JQ`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.JQ) |
 | `ls`               | [`ListFiles`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#ListFiles) |
 | `sed`              | [`Replace`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Replace) / [`ReplaceRegexp`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.ReplaceRegexp) |
-| `sha256sum`        | [`SHA256Sum`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.SHA256Sum) / [`SHA256Sums`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.SHA256Sums) |
+| `sha256sum`        | [`Hash`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Hash) / [`HashSums`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.HashSums) |
 | `tail`             | [`Last`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Last) |
 | `tee`              | [`Tee`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Tee) |
 | `uniq -c`          | [`Freq`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Freq) |
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ Filters are methods on an existing pipe that also return a pipe, allowing you to
 | [`First`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.First) | first N lines of input |
 | [`Freq`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Freq) | frequency count of unique input lines, most frequent first |
 | [`Get`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Get) | response to HTTP GET on supplied URL |
+| [`HashSums`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.HashSums) | hashes of each listed file |
 | [`Join`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Join) | replace all newlines with spaces |
 | [`JQ`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.JQ) | result of `jq` query |
 | [`Last`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Last) | last N lines of input|
@@ -327,7 +328,6 @@ Filters are methods on an existing pipe that also return a pipe, allowing you to
 | [`RejectRegexp`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.RejectRegexp) | lines not matching given regexp |
 | [`Replace`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Replace) | matching text replaced with given string |
 | [`ReplaceRegexp`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.ReplaceRegexp) | matching text replaced with given string |
-| [`SHA256Sums`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.SHA256Sums) | SHA-256 hashes of each listed file |
 | [`Tee`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Tee) | input copied to supplied writers |
 
 Note that filters run concurrently, rather than producing nothing until each stage has fully read its input. This is convenient for executing long-running commands, for example. If you do need to wait for the pipeline to complete, call [`Wait`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Wait).
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ Sinks are methods that return some data from a pipe, ending the pipeline and ext
 | ---- | ----------- | ------- |
 | [`AppendFile`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.AppendFile) | appended to file, creating if it doesn't exist | bytes written, error |
 | [`Bytes`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Bytes) | | data as `[]byte`, error
+| [`Hash`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Hash) | | hash, error  |
 | [`CountLines`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.CountLines) | |number of lines, error  |
 | [`Read`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Read) | given `[]byte` | bytes read, error  |
-| [`SHA256Sum`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.SHA256Sum) | | SHA-256 hash, error  |
 | [`Slice`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Slice) | | data as `[]string`, error  |
 | [`Stdout`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.Stdout) | standard output | bytes written, error  |
 | [`String`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/bitfield/script#Pipe.String) | | data as `string`, error  |
diff --git a/script.go b/script.go
index e25b1c4..1fb2978 100644
--- a/script.go
+++ b/script.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash"
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
@@ -650,6 +651,40 @@ func (p *Pipe) Get(url string) *Pipe {
 	return p.Do(req)
 }
 
+// Hash returns the hex-encoded hash of the entire contents of the
+// pipe based on the provided hasher, or an error.
+// To perform hashing on files, see [Pipe.HashSums].
+func (p *Pipe) Hash(hasher hash.Hash) (string, error) {
+	if p.Error() != nil {
+		return "", p.Error()
+	}
+	_, err := io.Copy(hasher, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		p.SetError(err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)), nil
+}
+
+// HashSums reads paths from the pipe, one per line, and produces the
+// hex-encoded hash of each corresponding file based on the provided hasher,
+// one per line. Any files that cannot be opened or read will be ignored.
+// To perform hashing on the contents of the pipe, see [Pipe.Hash].
+func (p *Pipe) HashSums(hasher hash.Hash) *Pipe {
+	return p.FilterScan(func(line string, w io.Writer) {
+		f, err := os.Open(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return // skip unopenable files
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+		_, err = io.Copy(hasher, f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return // skip unreadable files
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)))
+	})
+}
+
 // Join joins all the lines in the pipe's contents into a single
 // space-separated string, which will always end with a newline.
 func (p *Pipe) Join() *Pipe {
@@ -816,36 +851,19 @@ func (p *Pipe) SetError(err error) {
 
 // SHA256Sum returns the hex-encoded SHA-256 hash of the entire contents of the
 // pipe, or an error.
+// Deprecated: SHA256Sum has been deprecated by [Pipe.Hash]. To get the SHA-256
+// hash for the contents of the pipe, call `Hash(sha256.new())`
 func (p *Pipe) SHA256Sum() (string, error) {
-	if p.Error() != nil {
-		return "", p.Error()
-	}
-	hasher := sha256.New()
-	_, err := io.Copy(hasher, p)
-	if err != nil {
-		p.SetError(err)
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)), p.Error()
+	return p.Hash(sha256.New())
 }
 
 // SHA256Sums reads paths from the pipe, one per line, and produces the
 // hex-encoded SHA-256 hash of each corresponding file, one per line. Any files
 // that cannot be opened or read will be ignored.
+// Deprecated: SHA256Sums has been deprecated by [Pipe.HashSums]. To get the SHA-256
+// hash for each file path in the pipe, call `HashSums(sha256.new())`
 func (p *Pipe) SHA256Sums() *Pipe {
-	return p.FilterScan(func(line string, w io.Writer) {
-		f, err := os.Open(line)
-		if err != nil {
-			return // skip unopenable files
-		}
-		defer f.Close()
-		h := sha256.New()
-		_, err = io.Copy(h, f)
-		if err != nil {
-			return // skip unreadable files
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)))
-	})
+	return p.HashSums(sha256.New())
 }
 
 // Slice returns the pipe's contents as a slice of strings, one element per
diff --git a/script_test.go b/script_test.go
index e674219..a58ff47 100644
--- a/script_test.go
+++ b/script_test.go
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package script_test
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"crypto/sha512"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -1127,7 +1130,7 @@ func TestSHA256Sums_OutputsCorrectHashForEachSpecifiedFile(t *testing.T) {
 		want         string
 	}{
 		// To get the checksum run: openssl dgst -sha256 <file_name>
-		{"testdata/sha256Sum.input.txt", "1870478d23b0b4db37735d917f4f0ff9393dd3e52d8b0efa852ab85536ddad8e\n"},
+		{"testdata/hashSum.input.txt", "1870478d23b0b4db37735d917f4f0ff9393dd3e52d8b0efa852ab85536ddad8e\n"},
 		{"testdata/hello.txt", "b94d27b9934d3e08a52e52d7da7dabfac484efe37a5380ee9088f7ace2efcde9\n"},
 		{"testdata/multiple_files", "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855\ne3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855\ne3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855\n"},
 	}
@@ -2013,6 +2016,110 @@ func TestWithStdErr_IsConcurrencySafeAfterExec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHash_OutputsCorrectHash(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tcs := []struct {
+		name, input, want string
+		hasher            hash.Hash
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "for no data",
+			input:  "",
+			hasher: sha256.New(),
+			want:   "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "for short string with SHA 256 hasher",
+			input:  "hello, world",
+			hasher: sha256.New(),
+			want:   "09ca7e4eaa6e8ae9c7d261167129184883644d07dfba7cbfbc4c8a2e08360d5b",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "for short string with SHA 512 hasher",
+			input:  "hello, world",
+			hasher: sha512.New(),
+			want:   "8710339dcb6814d0d9d2290ef422285c9322b7163951f9a0ca8f883d3305286f44139aa374848e4174f5aada663027e4548637b6d19894aec4fb6c46a139fbf9",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "for string containing newline with SHA 256 hasher",
+			input:  "The tao that can be told\nis not the eternal Tao",
+			hasher: sha256.New(),
+			want:   "788542cb92d37f67e187992bdb402fdfb68228a1802947f74c6576e04790a688",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := script.Echo(tc.input).Hash(tc.hasher)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("want %q, got %q", tc.want, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHashSums_OutputsCorrectHashForEachSpecifiedFile(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	tcs := []struct {
+		testFileName string
+		hasher       hash.Hash
+		want         string
+	}{
+		// To get the checksum run: openssl dgst -sha256 <file_name>
+		{
+			testFileName: "testdata/hashSum.input.txt",
+			hasher:       sha256.New(),
+			want:         "1870478d23b0b4db37735d917f4f0ff9393dd3e52d8b0efa852ab85536ddad8e\n",
+		},
+		{
+			testFileName: "testdata/hashSum.input.txt",
+			hasher:       sha512.New(),
+			want:         "3543bd0d68129e860598ccabcee1beb6bb90d91105cea74a8e555588634ec6f6d6d02033139972da2dc4929b1fb61bd24c91c8e82054e9ae865cf7f70909be8c\n",
+		},
+		{
+			testFileName: "testdata/hello.txt",
+			hasher:       sha256.New(),
+			want:         "b94d27b9934d3e08a52e52d7da7dabfac484efe37a5380ee9088f7ace2efcde9\n",
+		},
+		{
+			testFileName: "testdata/multiple_files",
+			hasher:       sha256.New(),
+			want:         "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855\ne3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855\ne3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855\n",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		got, err := script.ListFiles(tc.testFileName).HashSums(tc.hasher).String()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%q: want %q, got %q", tc.testFileName, tc.want, got)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHash_ReturnsErrorGivenReadErrorOnPipe(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	brokenReader := iotest.ErrReader(errors.New("oh no"))
+	_, err := script.NewPipe().WithReader(brokenReader).Hash(sha256.New())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal(nil)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHashSums_OutputsEmptyStringForFileThatCannotBeHashed(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := script.Echo("file_does_not_exist.txt").HashSums(sha256.New()).String()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := ""
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("want %q, got %q", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
 func ExampleArgs() {
 	script.Args().Stdout()
 	// prints command-line arguments
@@ -2276,6 +2383,24 @@ func ExamplePipe_Get() {
 	// You said: hello
 }
 
+func ExamplePipe_Hash() {
+	sum, err := script.Echo("hello world").Hash(sha512.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(sum)
+	// Output:
+	// 309ecc489c12d6eb4cc40f50c902f2b4d0ed77ee511a7c7a9bcd3ca86d4cd86f989dd35bc5ff499670da34255b45b0cfd830e81f605dcf7dc5542e93ae9cd76f
+}
+
+func ExamplePipe_HashSums() {
+	script.ListFiles("testdata/multiple_files").HashSums(sha256.New()).Stdout()
+	// Output:
+	// e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
+	// e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
+	// e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
+}
+
 func ExamplePipe_Join() {
 	script.Echo("hello\nworld\n").Join().Stdout()
 	// Output:
diff --git a/testdata/sha256Sum.input.txt b/testdata/hashSum.input.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from testdata/sha256Sum.input.txt
rename to testdata/hashSum.input.txt