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)
The following two options are useful only when verifying
checksums:
- --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
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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.