Linux sum Command

What is Linux sum Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use sum command in Linux. sum command is sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file.

sum Syntax#

sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

sum Examples#

sum Command Manual / Help#

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

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

man sum

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

info sum

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

sum --help

Linux sum Command Source Code#

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

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