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sum

checksum and count the blocks in a file

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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.

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