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.TH SUM "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
sum \- checksum and count the blocks in a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sum
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Print checksum and block counts for each FILE.
.TP
\fB\-r\fR
defeat \fB\-s\fR, use BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sysv\fR
use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B sum
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B sum
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info sum
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.