SHA384SUM(1) User Commands SHA384SUM(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

sha384sum - compute and check SHA384 message digest

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**sha384sum** \[*OPTION*]... \[*FILE*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Print or check SHA384 checksums. Legacy interface to the [**cksum**(1)](/man/os/coreutils/cksum.1) utility.

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

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

[**-b, --binary**](#b,)

read in binary mode

[**-c, --check**](#c,)

read checksums from the FILEs and check them

[**--tag**](#tag)

create a BSD-style checksum

[**-t, --text**](#t,)

read in text mode (default)

[**-z, --zero**](#z,)

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

## [The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:](#The_following_five_options_are_useful_only_when_verifying_checksums:)

[**--ignore-missing**](#ignore)

don't fail or report status for missing files

[**--quiet**](#quiet)

don't print OK for each successfully verified file

[**--status**](#status)

don't output anything, status code shows success

[**--strict**](#strict)

exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines

[**-w, --warn**](#w,)

warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

[**--help**](#help)

display this help and exit

[**--version**](#version)

output version information and exit

When checking, the input should be a former output of this program, or equivalent standalone program.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Written by Padraig Brady and Q. Frank Xia.

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

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

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2026 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.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**cksum**(1)](/man/os/coreutils/cksum.1)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sha384sum>  
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sha2 utilities'

October 2026 GNU coreutils 9.12

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Document: sha384sum(1) from coreutils 9.12-r6 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git