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SUM(1) | User Commands | SUM(1) |
NAME¶
sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file
SYNOPSIS¶
sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Print or check BSD (16-bit) checksums.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
- -r
- use BSD sum algorithm (the default), use 1K blocks
- -s, --sysv
- use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
AUTHOR¶
Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS¶
GNU coreutils online help:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to
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COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
Full documentation
<https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'
September 2024 | GNU coreutils 9.5 |