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diff --git a/b224sum.1 b/b224sum.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..82c6a48 --- /dev/null +++ b/b224sum.1 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.TH B224SUM 1 blakesum +.SH NAME +b224sum - Compute and check BLAKE-224 message digests +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B bsum +[-c | -B | -L | -U] [-xz] +.RI [ file "] ..." +.SH DESCRIPTION +Print or check BLAKE-224 checksums. +.SH OPTIONS +The +.B b224sum +utility conforms to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, +.IR "Section 12.2" , +.IR "Utility Syntax Guidelines" . +.PP +The following options are supported: +.TP +.B -B +Output checksums in binary representation. This suppresses +the filenames and checksum delimiters. Only the checksums +are printed. +.TP +.B -c +Read BLAKE-224 sums from the file and check them against +the files on your systems. The input files files should be +formatted as the output of this program, or similarly. +This is not going to work if any of the filenames in the +input files starts with <space> or <tab>, or if they +contain a <newline, unless the +.B -z +option is also used. +.TP +.B -L +Output checksums in lower-case hexadecimal representation. (Default) +.TP +.B -U +Output checksums in upper-case hexadecimal representation. +.TP +.B -x +Convert input files from hexadecimal form to binary form +before calculating the checksums. +.TP +.B -z +Lines end with NUL instead of LF. If used with +.BR -c , +this applies to read files (not the output), but it will +also apply more strict parsing and allow any whitespace +in file names. +.SH OPERANDS +The following operands are supported: +.TP +.I file +File to read. The standard input will be used +.B - +or no +.I file +is specified. +.SH EXIT STATUS +.TP +0 +Successful completion. +.TP +1 +Checksums did not match or a file did not exist. +.TP +2 +An error occurred. |