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MD5SUM
Section: FSF (1)
Updated: February 2000
Index NAME
md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest
SYNOPSIS
md5sum[
OPTION] [
FILE]...
md5sum[
OPTION]
--check [
FILE]
DESCRIPTION
Print or check MD5 checksums.With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
- -b, --binary
- read files in binary mode (default on DOS/Windows)
- -c, --check
- check MD5 sums against given list
- -t, --text
- read files in text mode (default)
The following two options are useful only when verifying checksums:
- --status
- don't output anything, status code shows success
- -w, --warn
- warn about improperly formated MD5 checksum lines
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
The sums are computed as described in RFC 1321. When checking, the inputshould be a former output of this program. The default mode is to printa line with checksum, a character indicating type (`*' for binary, ` ' fortext), and name for each FILE.
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-textutilsAATTgnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NOwarranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
md5sumis maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
infoand
md5sumprograms are properly installed at your site, the command
- info md5sum
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- The following two options are useful only when verifying checksums:
- AUTHOR
- REPORTING BUGS
- COPYRIGHT
- SEE ALSO
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