Summarizing files Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents . Summarizing files These commands generate just a few numbers representing entire contents of files. Print checksum and block counts. Print CRC checksum and byte counts. By default, wc prints all three counts.
Options can specify that only certain counts be printed.
The program accepts the following options. Also see section Common options . By default, GNU sum computes checksums using an algorithm compatible with BSD sum and prints file sizes in units of 1024-byte blocks. The program accepts the following options. Also see section Common options .