A quick checker for hashes

gistfile1.py

from os.path import join, splitext, basename
import os
import sys
import hashlib

def file_get_contents(path):
    with open(path, 'rb') as file:
        return file.read()

for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
    for file in files:
        file = join(root, file)
        name, ext = splitext(file)
        
        if ext == '.md5':
            file_contents = file_get_contents(name)
            md5_given = file_get_contents(file)
            md5_actual = hashlib.md5(file_contents).hexdigest()
            
            if (md5_given == md5_actual):
                print "%s md5 OK" % basename(name)
            else:
                print "\nERROR: md5 mismatch\nfile      : %s\ncalculated: %s\ngiven     : %s\n" % (name, md5_actual, md5_given)

        if ext == '.sha1':
            file_contents = file_get_contents(name)
            sha1_given = file_get_contents(file)
            sha1_actual = hashlib.sha1(file_contents).hexdigest()
            
            if (sha1_given == sha1_actual):
                print "%s sha1 OK" % basename(name)
            else:
                print "\nERROR: sha1 mismatch\nfile      : %s\ncalculated: %s\ngiven     : %s\n" % (name, sha1_actual, sha1_given)