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.

AUTHOR
     Written by	Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report sum	bugs to	bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  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 command

	  info coreutils sum invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.







GNU coreutils 7.4     Last change: May 2009			1