sum (1)

NAME

sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

SYNOPSIS

sum [,OPTION/]... [,FILE/]...

DESCRIPTION

Print checksum and block counts for each FILE.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

-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

AUTHOR

Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils>
Report sum translation bugs to <translationproject.org/team>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <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

Full documentation at: <www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) sum invocationaq