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mdsum(1) GNU Telephony mdsum(1) NAME mdsum - compute file digests using any supported algorithms. SYNOPSIS mdsum [options] [paths...] DESCRIPTION This command computes a message digest for one or more specified files. If no files are specified, then stdin can be used. Any digest algo- rithm available in libusecure may be selected and used. Entire direc- tory trees may also be examined and computed using the -R (--recursive) option. OPTIONS --digest=name Specify name of digest algorithm. By default md5 will be used, unless the command is executed through a symlink which happens to match an algorithm name. --follow Dereference and follow symlinks. Otherwise they are ignored. --recursive If argument is a directory, recursively scan directory and any subdirectory contents as arguments. --help Outputs help screen for the user. AUTHOR mdsum was written by David Sugar <dyfet@gnutelephony.org>. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to bug-commoncpp@gnu.org or bugs@gnutelephony.org. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2010-2014 David Sugar, Tycho Softworks. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. GNU uCommon January 2010 mdsum(1)
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