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SUM(1) User Commands SUM(1)

NAME

sum - manual page for sum 8.32

SYNOPSIS

sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print checksum and block counts for each FILE.

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

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

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/> Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'

AUTHOR

Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 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.

August 2022 GNU coreutils 8.32