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SUM

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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 <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999 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 PARTICULAR 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 sum

should give you access to the complete manual.


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