cksum(1)                                                    cksum(1)


       NAME
             cksum - print checksum and byte count of a file

       SYNOPSIS
             cksum [file . . . ]

       DESCRIPTION
             cksum calculates the 32-bit checksum of each file, and prints
             the result to stdout. If no file is specified, cksum reads
             from stdin.

             For each file, cksum reads the file and calculates the
             checksum in a machine-independent way, then prints the
             checksum, number of bytes, and filename, each separated by a
             space.  The output is one line per file.  If the input is
             stdin, then the filename is not printed.

       FILES
             /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxdfm
                   language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

       REFERENCES
             sum(1)

       DIAGNOSTICS
             If an error is encountered, cksum will print a diagnostic
             message, skip the file in which the error occurred, and
             continue with the next file, returning a non-zero result.

             If no errors occur, the exit value will be zero.

       NOTICES
             This command is a POSIX.2 command, and should be used in
             preference to the old System V alternative, sum, since cksum
             is both standard and more accurate.

             Like sum, the main purpose of this command is to verify that
             files transferred across a suspect medium are correct, by
             comparing the results of cksum for the source and destination
             files.








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