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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.

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       -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

AUTHOR
       Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <https://www.gnu.org/software/core‐
       utils/>
       Report   any   translation   bugs   to    <https://translationpro‐
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2020 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.

SEE ALSO
       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sum invocation'

GNU coreutils 8.32              April 2020                         SUM(1)