Sha1sums

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Description

In many distributions sha1sum is included in the coreutils package, which is installed as a core component of the distribution. To confirm if you have the program and which version you can run "sha1sum --version" in the command line.

Usage

To Use sha1sum to check SHA1 sums you can use either of the following:

• "sha1sum -c {SHA1 file}"
• "sha1sum {file}" and compare output against the sum listed on the web

Additional Information

For more information on options for using sha1sum, run "man sha1sum" or "sha1sum --help" in the command line.