NAME

       b2sum - compute and check BLAKE2 message digest

SYNOPSIS

       b2sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print or check BLAKE2b (512-bit) checksums.

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

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -b, --binary
              read in binary mode

       -c, --check
              read checksums from the FILEs and check them

       -l, --length=BITS
              digest  length in bits; must not exceed the max for the blake2 algorithm and must be a multiple of
              8

       --tag  create a BSD-style checksum

       -t, --text
              read in text mode (default)

       -z, --zero
              end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escaping

   The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:
       --ignore-missing
              don't fail or report status for missing files

       --quiet
              don't print OK for each successfully verified file

       --status
              don't output anything, status code shows success

       --strict
              exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines

       -w, --warn
              warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The sums are computed as described in RFC 7693.  When checking, the input should be a  former  output  of
       this  program.  The default mode is to print a line with: checksum, a space, a character indicating input
       mode ('*' for binary, ' ' for text or where binary is insignificant), and name for each FILE.

       There is no difference between binary mode and text mode on GNU systems.

AUTHOR

       Written by Padraig Brady and Samuel Neves.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2024  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

       cksum(1)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/b2sum>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) b2sum invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.5                                  April 2025                                           B2SUM(1)