CKSUM(1)                    General Commands Manual                   CKSUM(1)

NAME
       cksum - Print CRC and size for each file

SYNOPSIS
       cksum [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print CRC and size for each file

OPTIONS
       -a, --algorithm <ALGORITHM>
              select the digest type to use. See DIGEST below

              Possible values:

                     o sysv

                     o bsd

                     o crc

                     o crc32b

                     o md5

                     o sha1

                     o sha2

                     o sha3

                     o blake2b

                     o sm3

                     o sha224

                     o sha256

                     o sha384

                     o sha512

                     o blake3

                     o shake128

                     o shake256

       --untagged
              create a reversed style checksum, without digest type

       --tag  create a BSD style checksum (default)

       -l, --length
              digest length in bits; must not exceed the max size and must be
              a multiple of 8 for blake2b; must be 224, 256, 384, or 512 for
              sha2 or sha3

       --raw  emit a raw binary digest, not hexadecimal

       -c, --check
              read checksums from the FILEs and check them

       -w, --warn
              warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

       --status
              don't output anything, status code shows success

       --quiet
              don't print OK for each successfully verified file

       --ignore-missing
              don't fail or report status for missing files

       --strict
              exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines

       --base64
              emit base64-encoded digests, not hexadecimal

       -z, --zero
              end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file
              name escaping

       --debug
              print CPU hardware capability detection info used by cksum

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

EXTRA
       DIGEST determines the digest algorithm and default output format:

         - sysv: equivalent to sum -s
         - bsd: equivalent to sum -r
         - crc: equivalent to cksum
         - crc32b: only available through cksum
         - md5: equivalent to md5sum
         - sha1: equivalent to sha1sum
         - sha2: equivalent to sha{224,256,384,512}sum
         - sha3: only available through cksum
         - blake2b: equivalent to b2sum
         - sm3: only available through cksum

VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0

                                  2026-09-01                          CKSUM(1)