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sha256sum - Print or check the SHA256 checksums

sha256sum [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

Print or check the SHA256 checksums

read checksums from the FILEs and check them
warn about improperly formatted checksum lines
don't output anything, status code shows success
don't print OK for each successfully verified file
don't fail or report status for missing files
exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines
create a BSD style checksum
end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escaping
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v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0

2026-09-01