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:  
       Report sum translation bugs to 

AUTHOR
       Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later .
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted 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 com‐
       mand

              info coreutils 'sum invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22               October 2018                           SUM(1)