desync-chunk(1)

desync-chunk1

Chunk input file and print chunk boundaries and ids

Usage

desync chunk <file> [flags]

Overview

Chunks the input file without storing anything, and prints a start/length/hash triple for each chunk the file would be split into. Useful to inspect or tune chunking parameters before running 'make'.

Options

-m, --chunk-size="16:64:256"
min:avg:max chunk size in kb

-h, --help[=false]
help for chunk

-S, --start=0
starting position in bytes

Options inherited from parent commands

--config=""
config file (default $HOME/.config/desync/config.json)

--digest="sha512-256"
digest algorithm, sha512-256 or sha256

--verbose[=false]
verbose mode

Examples

  desync chunk file.bin

History

20-Oct-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

From desync 1.1.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.