| SHA256SUM(1) | General Commands Manual | SHA256SUM(1) |
NAME
sha256sum - Print or check the SHA256 checksums
SYNOPSIS
sha256sum [OPTIONS] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print or check the SHA256 checksums
OPTIONS
- -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
- --tag
- create a BSD style checksum
- -z, --zero
- end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escaping
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -V, --version
- Print version
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0
| 2026-09-01 |