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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 68e8e62c7..5245125d1 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2983,11 +2983,10 @@ options}. If a @var{file} is specified as @samp{-} or if no files are given @command{md5sum} computes the checksum for the standard input. @command{md5sum} can also determine whether a file and checksum are -consistent. Synopses: +consistent. Synopsis: @example md5sum [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}]@dots{} -md5sum [@var{option}]@dots{} --check [@var{file}] @end example For each @var{file}, @samp{md5sum} outputs the MD5 checksum, a flag @@ -3013,9 +3012,9 @@ for reading standard input when standard input is a terminal. @item -c @itemx --check -Read file names and checksum information from the single @var{file} -(or from stdin if no @var{file} was specified) and report whether -each named file and the corresponding checksum data are consistent. +Read file names and checksum information (not data) from each +@var{file} (or from stdin if no @var{file} was specified) and report +whether the checksums match the contents of the named files. The input to this mode of @command{md5sum} is usually the output of a prior, checksum-generating run of @samp{md5sum}. Each valid line of input consists of an MD5 checksum, a binary/text |