tldr/pages/common/sum.md

# sum

> Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file.
> A predecessor to the more modern `cksum`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>.

- Compute a checksum with BSD-compatible algorithm and 1024-byte blocks:

`sum {{file}}`

- Compute a checksum with System V-compatible algorithm and 512-byte blocks:

`sum --sysv {{file}}`
sum: add page 2016-02-05 11:04:37 -05:00			`# sum`

sum: mentioned cksum 2016-02-05 12:05:30 -05:00			`> Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file.`
			> A predecessor to the more modern `cksum`.
coreutils*: use short more info links (#5658) 2021-04-01 17:54:26 +02:00			`> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum>.`
sum: add page 2016-02-05 11:04:37 -05:00
			`- Compute a checksum with BSD-compatible algorithm and 1024-byte blocks:`

			`sum {{file}}`

Fixes formatting 2016-02-07 14:31:01 +01:00			`- Compute a checksum with System V-compatible algorithm and 512-byte blocks:`
sum: add page 2016-02-05 11:04:37 -05:00
			`sum --sysv {{file}}`