SUM linux command manual

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     defeat -s, 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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



sum (coreutils) 5.2.1              May 2004                            SUM(1)