SUM(1) User Commands SUM(1)
NAME
sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file
SYNOPSIS
sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print checksum and block counts for each FILE.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
-r use BSD sum algorithm, 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:
Report sum translation bugs to
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
later .
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 at:
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.25 February 2016 SUM(1)
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