tldr/pages/common/sum.md

# sum

> Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file.
> A predecessor to the more modern `cksum`.

- 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}}`
sum: add page 2016-02-05 16:04:37 +00:00			`# sum`

sum: mentioned cksum 2016-02-05 17:05:30 +00:00			`> Compute checksums and the number of blocks for a file.`
			> A predecessor to the more modern `cksum`.
sum: add page 2016-02-05 16:04:37 +00:00
			`- Compute a checksum with BSD-compatible algorithm and 1024-byte blocks:`

			`sum {{file}}`

Fixes formatting 2016-02-07 13:31:01 +00:00			`- Compute a checksum with System V-compatible algorithm and 512-byte blocks:`
sum: add page 2016-02-05 16:04:37 +00:00
			`sum --sysv {{file}}`