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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 81101485c..d0694fdd0 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ @dircategory Individual utilities @direntry * arch: (coreutils)arch invocation. Print machine hardware name. +* b2sum: (coreutils)b2sum invocation. Print or check BLAKE2 digests. * base32: (coreutils)base32 invocation. Base32 encode/decode data. * base64: (coreutils)base64 invocation. Base64 encode/decode data. * basename: (coreutils)basename invocation. Strip directory and suffix. @@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ Free Documentation License''. * Output of entire files:: cat tac nl od base32 base64 * Formatting file contents:: fmt pr fold * Output of parts of files:: head tail split csplit -* Summarizing files:: wc sum cksum md5sum sha1sum sha2 +* Summarizing files:: wc sum cksum b2sum md5sum sha1sum sha2 * Operating on sorted files:: sort shuf uniq comm ptx tsort * Operating on fields:: cut paste join * Operating on characters:: tr expand unexpand @@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ Summarizing files * wc invocation:: Print newline, word, and byte counts * sum invocation:: Print checksum and block counts * cksum invocation:: Print CRC checksum and byte counts +* b2sum invocation:: Print or check BLAKE2 digests * md5sum invocation:: Print or check MD5 digests * sha1sum invocation:: Print or check SHA-1 digests * sha2 utilities:: Print or check SHA-2 digests @@ -3557,6 +3559,7 @@ contents of files. * wc invocation:: Print newline, word, and byte counts. * sum invocation:: Print checksum and block counts. * cksum invocation:: Print CRC checksum and byte counts. +* b2sum invocation:: Print or check BLAKE2 digests. * md5sum invocation:: Print or check MD5 digests. * sha1sum invocation:: Print or check SHA-1 digests. * sha2 utilities:: Print or check SHA-2 digests. @@ -3769,6 +3772,33 @@ options}. @exitstatus +@node b2sum invocation +@section @command{b2sum}: Print or check BLAKE2 digests + +@pindex b2sum +@cindex BLAKE2 +@cindex 512-bit checksum +@cindex checksum, 512-bit +@cindex fingerprint, 512-bit +@cindex message-digest, 512-bit + +@command{b2sum} computes a 512-bit checksum for each specified +@var{file}. The same usage and options as the @command{md5sum} +command are supported. @xref{md5sum invocation}. +In addition @command{b2sum} supports the following options. + +@table @samp +@item -l +@itemx --length +@opindex -l +@opindex --length +@cindex BLAKE2 hash length +Change (shorten) the default digest length. +This is specified in bits and thus must be a multiple of 8. +This option is ignored when @option{--check} is specified, +as the length is automatically determined when checking. +@end table + @node md5sum invocation @section @command{md5sum}: Print or check MD5 digests |