sum

Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file.

A predecessor to the more modern cksum.

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• Compute a checksum with BSD-compatible algorithm and 1024-byte blocks:

sum {file}

• Compute a checksum with System V-compatible algorithm and 512-byte blocks:

sum --sysv {file}

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