md5sum

MD5SUM(1)                             FSF                            MD5SUM(1)



NAME
       md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest

SYNOPSIS
       md5sum [OPTION] [FILE]...
       md5sum [OPTION] --check [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Print  or check MD5 (128-bit) checksums.  With no FILE, or when FILE is
       -, read standard input.

       -b, --binary
              read files in binary mode (default on DOS/Windows)

       -c, --check
              check MD5 sums against given list

       -t, --text
              read files in text mode (default)

   The following two options are useful only when verifying checksums:
       --status
              don't output anything, status code shows success

       -w, --warn
              warn about improperly formated 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 character  indicating  type  (`*'  for
       binary, ` ' for text), and name for each FILE.

AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper and Scott Miller.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for md5sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and md5sum programs are properly installed  at  your  site,
       the command

              info md5sum

       should give you access to the complete manual.



md5sum (coreutils) 4.5.3         October 2003                        MD5SUM(1)