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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 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
     Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
     General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright	(C) 2025 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 9.9		  November 2025 			  SUM(1)

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