SUM(1)

📦 version 0.12.0, in arch rolling

💖 sum(1) — General Commands Manual's checksum & block-count bestie 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to sum(1) from the General Commands Manual. This little icon literally checksums and counts the blocks in a file, no cap. 🫶

📛 NAME 📛

sum — Checksum and count the blocks in a file.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. yes, stdin is slaying too 💅

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Checksum and count the blocks in a file. That's it, that's the vibe. ✨

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. So if you don't hand it a file, or you literally pass -, it's reading from standard input, periodt.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -r — use the BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks (default). the default, bestie — it's giving classic 🎀
  • -s, --sysv — use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks. different algorithm, different block size, iconic behavior 🌈
  • -h, --help — Print help. for when u need the assist 🫶
  • -V, --version — Print version. for the version vibe check 👑

🎀 VERSION 🎀

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

mwah 💋 that's the whole page. source/version: v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, date: 2026-09-17. byeee bestie 🦋💖

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