sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file
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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.
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
Name
sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file
Reporting Bugs
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See Also
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.5 April 2025 SUM(1)
Synopsis
sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
