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sha512sum (1)

Name

sha512sum - compute and check SHA512 message digest

Synopsis

sha512sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Description

SHA512SUM(1)                     User Commands                    SHA512SUM(1)



NAME
       sha512sum - compute and check SHA512 message digest

SYNOPSIS
       sha512sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print  or check SHA512 (512-bit) checksums.  With no FILE, or when FILE
       is -, read standard input.

       -b, --binary
              read in binary mode

       -c, --check
              read SHA512 sums from the FILEs and check them

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

   The following three options are useful only when verifying checksums:
       --quiet
              don't print OK for each successfully verified file

       --status
              don't output anything, status code shows success

       -w, --warn
              warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

       --strict
              with --check, exit non-zero for any invalid input

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The sums are computed as described in FIPS-180-2.  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 input  mode  ('*'
       for binary, space for text), and name for each FILE.

AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report sha512sum bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report    sha512sum   translation   bugs   to   <http://translationpro-
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
       +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for sha512sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and sha512sum programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info coreutils 'sha512sum invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded  from    http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core-
       utils-8.16.tar.xz

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/.



GNU coreutils 8.16                March 2012                      SHA512SUM(1)