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SUM(1)                                              User Commands                                              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.

       -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.

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

AUTHOR
       Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

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 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.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                              SUM(1)