Name

sha256sum — compute and check SHA256 message digest

Synopsis

sha256sum [OPTION...] [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

Print or check SHA256 (256−bit) checksums.

With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

−b, −−binary

read in binary mode

−c, −−check

read checksums from the FILEs and check them

−−tag

create a BSD−style checksum

−t, −−text

read in text mode (default)

−z, −−zero

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

The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:

−−ignore−missing

don't fail or report status for missing files

−−quiet

don't print OK for each successfully verified file

−−status

don't output anything, status code shows success

−−strict

exit non−zero for improperly formatted checksum lines

−w, −−warn

warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

The sums are computed as described in FIPS−180−2. When checking, the input should be a former output of this program. The default mode is to print a line with: checksum, a space, a character indicating input mode ('*' for binary, ' ' for text or where binary is insignificant), and name for each FILE.

[Note] Note

There is no difference between binary mode and text mode on GNU systems.

AUTHOR

Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

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SEE ALSO

cksum(1)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sha256sum>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sha2 utilities'

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.