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Linux / Unix main page About cksum The cksum command calculates and writes to standard output a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for each input file, and also writes to standard output the number of octets in each file. Syntax cksum file
| file | The name of the file you wish to check. |
Examples cksum file - would give results similar to: 1740057581 19 file When the file information is displayed it will be displayed in the following format: "%u %d %s\n" <checksum>, <# of octets>, <path name> Related commands Currently none listed | 
