MD5SUM

md5sum ? compute and check MD5 message digest

md5sum [OPTION] [FILE]...
md5sum [OPTION] --check [FILE]

Print or check MD5 checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

?b, ??binary

read files in binary mode (default on DOS/Windows)

?c, ??check

check MD5 sums against given list

?t, ??text

read files in text mode (default)

The following two options are useful only when verifying checksums:

??status

don’t output anything, status code shows success

?w, ??warn

warn about improperly formated MD5 checksum lines

??help

display this help and exit

??version

output version information and exit

The sums are computed as described in RFC 1321. When checking, the input should be a former output of this program. The default mode is to print a line with checksum, a character indicating type (‘*’ for binary, ‘ ’ for text), and name for each FILE.

Written by Ulrich Drepper.

Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>.

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.

The full documentation for md5sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and md5sum programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info md5sum

should give you access to the complete manual.