sum
Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file.
A predecessor to the more modern cksum.
More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sum.
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Compute a checksum with BSD-compatible algorithm and 1024-byte blocks:
sum {{path/to/file}} -
Compute a checksum with System V-compatible algorithm and 512-byte blocks:
sum --sysv {{path/to/file}}
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