MD5SUM(1)

NAME
md5sum - compute and check MD5 message digest

SYNOPSIS
md5sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Print or check MD5 (128-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

-b, --binary
    read in binary mode (default unless reading tty stdin)

-c, --check
    read MD5 sums from the FILEs and check them

--tag
    create a BSD-style checksum

-t, --text
    read in text mode (default if reading tty stdin)

  The following four options are useful only when verifying checksums:

--quiet
    don't print OK for each successfully verified file

--status
    don't output anything, status code shows success

--strict
    exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines

-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 RFC 1321. 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 input mode ('*' for binary, space for text), and name for each FILE.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report md5sum translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

BUGS
The MD5 algorithm should not be used any more for security related purposes. Instead, better use an SHA-2 algorithm, implemented in the programs sha224sum(1), sha256sum(1), sha384sum(1), sha512sum(1)

AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.

SEE ALSO
The full documentation for md5sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and md5sum programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'md5sum invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.