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MD5SUM(1)                       User Commands                      MD5SUM(1)

NAME         top

       md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest

SYNOPSIS         top

       md5sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION         top

       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
       --tag  create a BSD-style checksum
       -t, --text
              read in text mode (default)
   The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:
       --ignore-missing
              don't fail or report status for missing files
       --quiet
              don't print OK for each successfully verified file
       --status
              don't output anything, status code shows success
       --strict
              exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines
       -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 space, a character indicating input
       mode ('*' for binary, ' ' for text or where binary is insignificant),
       and name for each FILE.

BUGS         top

       Do not use the MD5 algorithm for security related purposes.  Instead,
       use an SHA-2 algorithm, implemented in the programs sha224sum(1),
       sha256sum(1), sha384sum(1), sha512sum(1), or the BLAKE2 algorithm,
       implemented in b2sum(1)

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report md5sum translation bugs to
       <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO         top

       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/md5sum>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) md5sum invocation'

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GNU coreutils 8.27               March 2017                        MD5SUM(1)

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