Linux b2sum Command

What is Linux b2sum Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use b2sum command in Linux. b2sum command is b2sum - compute and check BLAKE2 message digest.

b2sum Syntax#

b2sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

b2sum Examples#

b2sum Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of b2sum command. b2sum command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for b2sum command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man b2sum

To open info page for b2sum command we can use command below.

info b2sum

To open help page from b2sum command we can run command below.

b2sum --help

Linux b2sum Command Source Code#

You can find b2sum command source code from the folowing repositories:

• b2sum source code on GitHub
• b2sum source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• b2sum source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use b2sum in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.