b3sum - Man Page

manual page for b3sum 1.5.4

Examples (TL;DR)

Synopsis

b3sum [Options] [FILE]...

Description

Arguments

[FILE]...

Files to hash, or checkfiles to check

When no file is given, or when - is given, read standard input.

Options

--keyed
Use the keyed mode, reading the 32-byte key from stdin
--derive-key <CONTEXT>
Use the key derivation mode, with the given context string

Cannot be used with --keyed.

-l,  --length <LEN>
The number of output bytes, before hex encoding

[default: 32]

--seek <SEEK>
The starting output byte offset, before hex encoding

[default: 0]

--num-threads <NUM>
The maximum number of threads to use

By default, this is the number of logical cores. If this flag is omitted, or if its value is 0, RAYON_NUM_THREADS is also respected.

--no-mmap
Disable memory mapping

Currently this also disables multithreading.

--no-names
Omit filenames in the output
--raw
Write raw output bytes to stdout, rather than hex
--no-names is implied. In this case, only a single input is allowed.
-c,  --check
Read BLAKE3 sums from the [FILE]s and check them
--quiet
Skip printing OK for each checked file

Must be used with --check.

-h,  --help
Print help (see a summary with '-h')
-V,  --version
Print version

Info

August 2024 b3sum 1.5.4