NAME


sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

SYNOPSIS


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

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.

AUTHOR


Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS


Report sum bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 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.

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.

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