NAME
sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file
SYNOPSIS
sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print or check BSD (16-bit) checksums.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
- -r
use BSD sum algorithm (the default), 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: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'
Packaged by Debian (9.7-3) Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.