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authorErik Auerswald <auerswal@unix-ag.uni-kl.de>2008-06-01 12:40:40 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-06-01 16:55:11 +0200
commit86535835fe2c1fb73f0eeed4b2b1f1d95987272b (patch)
tree98352655a0ddb2e34417e4f01ab9f5a02bfb1e68 /doc/coreutils.texi
parent01e6181965e1d60dd1ba483c18682d167a9c48a0 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-86535835fe2c1fb73f0eeed4b2b1f1d95987272b.tar.xz
md5sum: new option, --quiet, to suppress OK messages
sha1sum, sha224sum, sha384sum, and sha512sum accept it, too. * src/md5sum.c: add option --quiet to suppress OK messages * doc/coreutils.texi: document option --quiet * tests/misc/md5sum: add test for option --quiet * NEWS: mention new option --quiet for md5sum+sha*sum in "New features" section
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@@ -3277,6 +3277,15 @@ an MD5 checksum inconsistent with the associated file, or if no valid
line is found, @command{md5sum} exits with nonzero status. Otherwise,
it exits successfully.
+@itemx --quiet
+@opindex --quiet
+@cindex verifying MD5 checksums
+This option is useful only when verifying checksums.
+When verifying checksums, don't generate an 'OK' message per successfully
+checked file. Files that fail the verification are reported in the
+default one-line-per-file format. If there is any checksum mismatch,
+print a warning summarizing the failures to standard error.
+
@itemx --status
@opindex --status
@cindex verifying MD5 checksums