# shasum > Calculate SHA cryptographic checksums. > More information: . - Calculate the SHA1 checksum for one or more files: `shasum {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` - Calculate the SHA256 checksum for one or more files: `shasum --algorithm 256 {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` - Calculate the SHA512 checksum for one or more files: `shasum --algorithm 512 {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}` - Calculate a SHA1 checksum from `stdin`: `{{command}} | shasum` - Calculate and save the list of SHA256 checksums to a file: `shasum --algorithm 256 {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/file.sha256}}` - Read a file of SHA1 sums and filenames and verify all files have matching checksums: `shasum --check {{path/to/file}}` - Only show a message for missing files or when verification fails: `shasum --check --quiet {{path/to/file}}` - Only show a message when verification fails, ignoring missing files: `shasum --ignore-missing --check --quiet {{path/to/file}}`