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+.TH SUM 1 2020-08-14 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
+.SH NAME
+sum \(em write file checksums and block counts
+.SH SYNOPSYS
+\fBsum\fR [-rs] [\fIfile\fR...]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Compute and print a checksum for each input file, as well as the file block
+count. When no option is specified, the BSD algorithm and block size is used.
+.SH OPTIONS
+The following options are supported:
+.IP "\fB-r\fR" 8
+Use BSD algorithm and 1024 byte blocks.
+.IP "\fB-s\fR" 8
+Use System V algorithm and 512 byte blocks.
+.IP "\fB--help\fR" 8
+Display help information.
+.IP "\fB--version\fR" 8
+Display version information.
+.SH OPERANDS
+The following operand is supported:
+.IP "\fIfile\fR" 8
+A pathname of an input file. If no \fIfile\fR operands are specified, or
+\fIfile\fR is a '\fB-\fR', \fIsum\fR will read from standard input.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+The following exit values will be returned:
+.IP "\ 0" 8
+All files were processed successfully.
+.IP ">0" 8
+An error occurred.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+.nf
+Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
+All rights reserved.
+OMKOV Permissive Licence (https://www.omkov.net/OLPE)
+.fi