uu-b2sum(1)

uu-b2sum1

Print or check the blake2b checksums

Usage

b2sum [OPTIONS] [FILE] ...

Overview

Print or check the BLAKE2b checksums

Options

-c, --check

read checksums from the FILEs and check them

-w, --warn

warn about improperly formatted checksum lines

--status

don't output anything, status code shows success

--quiet

don't print OK for each successfully verified file

--ignore-missing

don't fail or report status for missing files

--strict

exit non-zero for improperly formatted checksum lines

-l, --length

digest length in bits; must not exceed the max size and must be a multiple of 8 for blake2b; must be 224, 256, 384, or 512 for sha2 or sha3

--tag

create a BSD style checksum

-z, --zero

end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable file name escaping

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

From uutils-coreutils 0.12.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.