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1.TH SUM 1
2.SH NAME
3sum \- compute the checksum and block count of a file
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBsum \fIfile\fR
6.br
7.de FL
8.TP
9\\fB\\$1\\fR
10\\$2
11..
12.de EX
13.TP 20
14\\fB\\$1\\fR
15# \\$2
16..
17.SH EXAMPLES
18.EX "sum /user/ast/xyz" "Checksum \fI/user/ast/xyz"
19.SH DESCRIPTION
20.PP
21.I Sum
22computes the checksum of one or more files.
23It is most often used to see if a file copied from another machine has
24been correctly received.
25This program works best when both machines use the same checksum algorithm.
26See also \fIcrc\fR.
27.SH "SEE ALSO"
28.BR cksum (1),
29.BR crc (1).
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