NAME

       sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Print or check BSD (16-bit) checksums.

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

       -r     use BSD sum algorithm (the default), 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

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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

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

GNU coreutils 9.5                                  April 2025                                             SUM(1)