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SHA256SUM(1)                  User Commands                  SHA256SUM(1)
       sha256sum - compute and check SHA256 message digest
       sha256sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
       Print or check SHA256 (256-bit) checksums.
       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
       -b, --binary
              read in binary mode
       -c, --check
              read checksums from the FILEs and check them
       --tag  create a BSD-style checksum
       -t, --text
              read in text mode (default)
       -z, --zero
              end each output line with NUL, not newline, and disable
              file name escaping
   The following five options are useful only when verifying checksums:
       --ignore-missing
              don't fail or report status for missing files
       --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 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 space, a character
       indicating input mode ('*' for binary, ' ' for text or where
       binary is insignificant), and name for each FILE.
       There is no difference between binary mode and text mode on GNU
       systems.
       Written by Ulrich Drepper, Scott Miller, and David Madore.
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       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:
       GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
       cksum(1)
       Full documentation
       <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/sha256sum>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) sha2 utilities'
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GNU coreutils 9.7               April 2025                   SHA256SUM(1)
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