sum
checksum and count the blocks in a file
Synopsis
sum
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
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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.
copyright
Copyright © 2012 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.
reporting bugs
Report sum bugs to bug-coreutils[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org
GNU coreutils home page:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software:
<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report sum translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
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.
author
Written by
Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.