Linux sha1sum Command

What is Linux sha1sum Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use sha1sum command in Linux. sha1sum command is sha1sum - compute and check SHA1 message digest.

sha1sum Syntax#

sha1sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

sha1sum Examples#

sha1sum Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of sha1sum command. sha1sum command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for sha1sum command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man sha1sum

To open info page for sha1sum command we can use command below.

info sha1sum

To open help page from sha1sum command we can run command below.

sha1sum --help

Linux sha1sum Command Source Code#

You can find sha1sum command source code from the folowing repositories:

• sha1sum source code on GitHub
• sha1sum source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• sha1sum 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 sha1sum in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.