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.
-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
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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AUTHOR
Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 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 com-
mand
info coreutils 'sum invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 November 2020 SUM(1)