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NAME

       md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest

SYNOPSIS

       md5sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print or check MD5 (128-bit) checksums.  With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

       -b, --binary
              read in binary mode

       -c, --check
              read MD5 sums from the FILEs and check them

       --tag  create a BSD-style checksum

       -t, --text
              read in text mode (default)

   The following three options are useful only when verifying checksums:
       --quiet
              don't print OK for each successfully verified file

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

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

       --strict
              with --check, exit non-zero for any invalid input

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The  sums  are  computed as described in RFC 1321.  When checking, the input should be a former output of
       this program.  The default mode is to print a line with checksum, a character indicating input mode  ('*'
       for binary, space for text), and name for each FILE.

BUGS

       The  MD5  algorithm  should  not  be used any more for security related purposes.  Instead, better use an
       SHA-2 algorithm, implemented in the programs sha224sum(1), sha256sum(1), sha384sum(1), sha512sum(1)

AUTHOR

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

REPORTING BUGS

       Report md5sum bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report md5sum translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

       Copyright  ©  2013  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <http://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.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for md5sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and md5sum programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'md5sum invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.