Linux sha256sum Command

What is Linux sha256sum Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use sha256sum command in Linux. sha256sum command is sha256sum - compute and check SHA256 message digest.

sha256sum Syntax#

sha256sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

sha256sum Examples#

sha256sum Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of sha256sum command. sha256sum command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for sha256sum command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man sha256sum

To open info page for sha256sum command we can use command below.

info sha256sum

To open help page from sha256sum command we can run command below.

sha256sum --help

Linux sha256sum Command Source Code#

You can find sha256sum command source code from the folowing repositories:

• sha256sum source code on GitHub
• sha256sum source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• sha256sum 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 sha256sum in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.