1MD5SUM(1)                        User Commands                       MD5SUM(1)
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NAME

6       md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest
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SYNOPSIS

9       md5sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Print or check MD5 (128-bit) checksums.
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14       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
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16       -b, --binary
17              read in binary mode
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19       -c, --check
20              read checksums from the FILEs and check them
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22       --tag  create a BSD-style checksum
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24       -t, --text
25              read in text mode (default)
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27       -z, --zero
28              end  each  output  line  with NUL, not newline, and disable file
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31   The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:
32       --ignore-missing
33              don't fail or report status for missing files
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35       --quiet
36              don't print OK for each successfully verified file
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38       --status
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41       --strict
42              exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines
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44       -w, --warn
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47       --help display this help and exit
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49       --version
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52       The sums are computed as described in RFC 1321.  When checking, the in‐
53       put  should be a former output of this program.  The default mode is to
54       print a line with: checksum, a space, a character indicating input mode
55       ('*'  for  binary,  ' ' for text or where binary is insignificant), and
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58       Note: There is no difference between binary mode and text mode  on  GNU
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BUGS

62       Do  not  use the MD5 algorithm for security related purposes.  Instead,
63       use an SHA-2  algorithm,  implemented  in  the  programs  sha224sum(1),
64       sha256sum(1),  sha384sum(1), sha512sum(1), or the BLAKE2 algorithm, im‐
65       plemented in b2sum(1)
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AUTHOR

68       Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.
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REPORTING BUGS

71       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
72       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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75       Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
76       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
77       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
78       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

81       cksum(1)
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83       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/md5sum>
84       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) md5sum invocation'
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88GNU coreutils 9.0                 March 2022                         MD5SUM(1)
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