sha256sum(1) User Commands sha256sum(1)
NAME
sha256sum - compute and check SHA256 message digest
SYNOPSIS
sha256sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print or check SHA256 (256-bit) checksums.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
-b, --binary
read in binary mode
-c, --check
read checksums from the FILEs and check them
--tag create a BSD-style checksum
-t, --text
read in text mode (default)
-z, --zero
end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file
name escaping
The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:
--ignore-missing
don't fail or report status for missing files
--quiet
don't print OK for each successfully verified file
--status
don't output anything, status code shows success
--strict
exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines
-w, --warn
warn about improperly formatted checksum lines
--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 space, a character indicating input
mode ('*' for binary, ' ' for text or where binary is insignificant),
and name for each FILE.
There is no difference between binary mode and text mode on GNU
systems.
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.
REPORTING BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
SEE ALSO
cksum(1)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sha256sum>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sha2 utilities'
GNU coreutils 9.5 March 2024 sha256sum(1)
coreutils 9.5 - Generated Thu Apr 18 13:46:35 CDT 2024