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Manual Reference Pages  - SUM (1)

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sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

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sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

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.

Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

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

Copyright © 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 PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.

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