MD5SUM (1)

NAME

md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest

SYNOPSIS

md5sum [OPTION] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print or check MD5 (128-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

-b, --binary read in binary mode

-c, --check read MD5 sums from the FILEs and check them

-t, --text read in text mode (default)

--status don't output anything, status code shows success

-w, --warn warn about improperly formatted 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 input should be a former output of this program. The default mode is to print a line with checksum, a character indicating type (`*' for binary, ` ' for text), and name for each FILE.

AUTHOR

Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License . There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.