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2 .TH SHA512SUM "1" "May 2014" "GNU coreutils 8.22" "User Commands"
4 sha512sum \- compute and check SHA512 message digest
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Print or check SHA512 (512\-bit) checksums.
12 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
14 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-binary\fR
17 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR
18 read SHA512 sums from the FILEs and check them
21 create a BSD\-style checksum
23 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-text\fR
24 read in text mode (default)
25 .SS "The following four options are useful only when verifying checksums:"
28 don't print OK for each successfully verified file
31 don't output anything, status code shows success
34 exit non\-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines
36 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warn\fR
37 warn about improperly formatted checksum lines
40 display this help and exit
43 output version information and exit
45 The sums are computed as described in FIPS\-180\-2. When checking, the input
46 should be a former output of this program. The default mode is to print
47 a line with checksum, a character indicating input mode ('*' for binary,
48 space for text), and name for each FILE.
50 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
51 Report sha512sum translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
53 Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.
55 Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
56 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
58 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
59 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
61 The full documentation for
63 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
67 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
69 .B info coreutils \(aqsha512sum invocation\(aq
71 should give you access to the complete manual.