MD5SUM

MD5SUM

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

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 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.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for md5sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and md5sum programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info md5sum

should give you access to the complete manual.