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/usr/bin/md5sum

Legacy digest utilities from uutils

From uutils-legacy 0.12.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running md5sum --help (exit 0). permalink

Print or check the MD5 checksums

Usage: md5sum [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

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
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --checkread checksums from the FILEs and check themhelp + man
-w, --warnwarn about improperly formatted checksum lineshelp + man
--statusdon't output anything, status code shows successhelp + man
--quietdon't print OK for each successfully verified filehelp + man
--ignore-missingdon't fail or report status for missing fileshelp + man
--strictexit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lineshelp + man
--tagcreate a BSD style checksumhelp + man
-z, --zeroend each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escapinghelp + man
-h, --helpPrint helphelp + man
-V, --versionPrint versionhelp + man

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