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1.1       root        1: .TH SUM 1  "18 January 1983"
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: sum \- sum and count blocks in a file
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B sum
                      6: file
                      7: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      8: .I Sum
                      9: calculates and prints a 16-bit checksum for the named file,
                     10: and also prints the number of blocks in the file.
                     11: It is typically used to look for bad spots, or
                     12: to validate a file communicated over
                     13: some transmission line.
                     14: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     15: wc(1)
                     16: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
                     17: `Read error'
                     18: is indistinguishable from end of file on
                     19: most devices; check the block count.

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