Summarizing files (GNU Coreutils 9.0)
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6 Summarizing files
These commands generate just a few numbers representing entire contents of files.
• wc invocation | Print newline, word, and byte counts. | |
• sum invocation | Print checksum and block counts. | |
• cksum invocation | Print CRC checksum and byte counts. | |
• b2sum invocation | Print or check BLAKE2 digests. | |
• md5sum invocation | Print or check MD5 digests. | |
• sha1sum invocation | Print or check SHA-1 digests. | |
• sha2 utilities | Print or check SHA-2 digests. |