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/usr/bin/b2sum

Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils.

From uutils 0.12.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running b2sum --help (exit 0). permalink

Print or check the BLAKE2b checksums

Usage: b2sum [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
  -l, --length <length>  digest length in bits; must not exceed the max size and must be a multiple
                         of 8 for blake2b; must be 224, 256, 384, or 512 for sha2 or sha3
      --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 (11)
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
-l, --length lengthdigest length in bits;help + 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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