sha256sum(1)

✨ sha256sum — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to sha256sum, a lil member of the uutils coreutils squad 💖 it's literally the girl who prints or checks SHA256 checksums, and honestly? she eats every time.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sha256sum — print or check the SHA256 checksums 💅 no cap, that's the whole job and she's obsessed with it

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

sha256sum [-c|--check] [-w|--warn] [--status] [--quiet]
[--ignore-missing] [--strict] [--tag] [-t|--text] [-z|--zero]
[-h|--help] [-V|--version] [file]

like… look at her. so many options. so much main character energy 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

print or check the SHA256 checksums. that's it. that's the vibe. she has one job and she's iconic at it ✨

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

the full menu, bestie. no skips, no cuts, every single one 💅

• -c, --check — read checksums from the FILEs and check them 🔍 like a lil detective going through your files one by one
• -w, --warn — warn about improperly formatted checksum lines ⚠️ she will absolutely call out the messy ones
• --status — don't output anything, status code shows success 🤫 silent but deadly, the exit code does the talking
• --quiet — don't print OK for each successfully verified file 🙈 no need to be loud about the wins, we get it
• --ignore-missing — don't fail or report status for missing files 👻 if it's not there, we simply don't perceive it
• --strict — exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines 😤 zero tolerance era, no messiness allowed
• --tag — create a BSD style checksum 🏷️ a whole different aesthetic, very retro of her
• -t, --text — read in text mode (default) 📝 the standard vibe, the one she defaults to fr fr
• -z, --zero — end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escaping 🚫 lowkey the ✨techy✨ option, perfect for scripting girlies
• -h, --help — print help 🆘 she'll tell you everything you need, bestie
• -V, --version — print version 🏆 so you know exactly which queen you're working with

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🌈 VERSION 🌈

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! go check some checksums, stay iconic, drink water 🫶💜

this was the sha256sum manual page from sha256sum (uutils coreutils) 0.7.0 — mwah, no notes, periodt 💅✨🎀