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6. Summarizing files

These commands generate just a few numbers representing entire contents of files.

6.1 wc: Print byte, word, and line counts  Print byte, word, and line counts.
6.2 sum: Print checksum and block counts  Print checksum and block counts.
6.3 cksum: Print CRC checksum and byte counts  Print CRC checksum and byte counts.
6.4 md5sum: Print or check message-digests  Print or check message-digests.



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