Manpages - sum.1

sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

sum [/OPTION/]… [/FILE/]…

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

Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'

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