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/usr/bin/digest

The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content

From distribution-fips 3.1.2-r6 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running digest --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: /usr/bin/digest [files...]

Calculate the digest of one or more input files, emitting the result
to standard out. If no files are provided, the digest of stdin will
be calculated.

  -a value
    	select the digest algorithm (shorthand) (default sha256)
  -algorithm value
    	select the digest algorithm (default sha256)
  -version
    	show the version and exit
Options (3)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a valueselect the digest algorithm (shorthand) (default sha256)help
-algorithm valueselect the digest algorithm (default sha256)help
-versionshow the version and exithelp

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