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CKSUM(1)                                            User Commands                                            CKSUM(1)



NAME
       cksum - checksum and count the bytes in a file

SYNOPSIS
       cksum [FILE]...
       cksum [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Print CRC checksum and byte counts of each FILE.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

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

AUTHOR
       Written by Q. Frank Xia.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  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 per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for cksum is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and cksum programs are  prop‐
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'cksum invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                            CKSUM(1)