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.th SUM I 3/15/72
.sh NAME
sum  \*-  sum file
.sh SYNOPSIS
.bd sum
name ...
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Sum
sums the contents of the bytes (mod 2^16) of
one or more files and prints the answer in octal.
A separate sum is printed for each file specified,
along with the number of whole or partial
512-byte blocks read.
.s3
In practice,
.it sum
is often used to verify that
all of a special file can be read without error.
.sh BUGS
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0d96c412 KT	1	.th SUM I 3/15/72
	2	.sh NAME
	3	sum \*- sum file
	4	.sh SYNOPSIS
	5	.bd sum
	6	name ...
	7	.sh DESCRIPTION
	8	.it Sum
	9	sums the contents of the bytes (mod 2^16) of
	10	one or more files and prints the answer in octal.
	11	A separate sum is printed for each file specified,
	12	along with the number of whole or partial
	13	512-byte blocks read.
	14	.s3
	15	In practice,
	16	.it sum
	17	is often used to verify that
	18	all of a special file can be read without error.
	19	.sh BUGS