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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ xsum - Compute and check Xsum message digests
.IR word-size ]
[-Z
.IR squeeze-count ]
-[-vx]
+[-vxz]
.RI [ file \ ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Print or check Xsum checksums. If no file
@@ -40,14 +40,24 @@ should be formated 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 a regular
blank space or horizontal tab space, or if they
-contain a line feed, carriage return or form feed.
+contain a line feed, carriage return or form feed,
+unless the
+.B -z
+option is also used.
+.TP
+.B -v
+Print the hashing parameters.
.TP
.B -x
Convert input files from hexadecimal for to binary form
before calculating the checksums.
.TP
-.B -v
-Print the hashing parameters.
+.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.
.P
The following options change the hashing parameters:
.TP