# shasum > Calculate or check cryptographic SHA checksums. > More information: . - Calculate the SHA1 checksum for a file: `shasum {{path/to/file}}` - Calculate the SHA256 checksum for a file: `shasum --algorithm 256 {{path/to/file}}` - Calculate the SHA512 checksum for multiple files: `shasum --algorithm 512 {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}` - Calculate and save the list of SHA256 checksums to a file: `shasum --algorithm 256 {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} > {{path/to/file.sha256}}` - Check a file with a list of sums against the directory's files: `shasum --check {{path/to/file}}` - Check a list of sums and only show a message for files for which verification fails: `shasum --check --quiet {{path/to/file}}` - Calculate the SHA1 checksum from stdin: `{{some_command}} | shasum`