SHA512SUM(1) User Commands SHA512SUM(1) NAME sha512sum - compute and check SHA512 message digest SYNOPSIS sha512sum [OPTION] [FILE]... DESCRIPTION Print or check SHA512 (512-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -b, --binary read in binary mode -c, --check read SHA512 sums from the FILEs and check them -t, --text read in text mode (default) The following two options are useful only when verifying checksums: --status dont output anything, status code shows success -w, --warn warn about improperly formatted checksum lines --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit The sums are computed as described in FIPS-180-2. When checking, the input should be a former output of this program. The default mode is to print a line with checksum, a character indicating type (* for binary, for text), and name for each FILE. AUTHOR Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to . COPYRIGHT Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for sha512sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sha512sum programs are properly installed at your site, the command info sha512sum should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 6.9.92.4-f088d-dirtJanuary 2008 SHA512SUM(1)