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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 checksum and block counts for each FILE.

use BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks
use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks
display this help and exit
output version information and exit

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report sum translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR

Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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

The full documentation for sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sum programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'sum invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

November 2020 GNU coreutils 8.22