1SHA256SUM(1) User Commands SHA256SUM(1)
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6 sha256sum - compute and check SHA256 message digest
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9 sha256sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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12 Print or check SHA256 (256-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE
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15 -b, --binary
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19 read SHA256 sums from the FILEs and check them
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22 read in text mode (default)
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27 The following three options are useful only when verifying checksums:
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37 --help display this help and exit
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42 The sums are computed as described in FIPS-180-2. When checking, the
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48 Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.
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51 Report sha256sum bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
52 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
53 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
54 Report sha256sum translation bugs to <http://translationpro‐
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58 Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
59 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
60 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
61 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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64 The full documentation for sha256sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
65 If the info and sha256sum programs are properly installed at your site,
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68 info coreutils 'sha256sum invocation'
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74GNU coreutils 8.4 June 2018 SHA256SUM(1)