NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

COPYRIGHT    [Toc]    [Back]

       Copyright (C) 1999 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.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       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 sum

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU textutils 2.0		   July 2001				SUM(1)