cksum

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cksum

Summary

cksum is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. cksum draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #44 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • cksum's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • cksum's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[4].
  • cksum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03f0sh[5].
  • cksum's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cksum.html[6].
  • cksum's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[7].
  • cksum's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[8].
  • cksum's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[9].
  • cksum's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[10].
  • cksum's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[11].

Body

Publication

cksum's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[4].

Why It Matters

cksum draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #44 of 124).[2] cksum has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . pubs.opengroup.org. Retrieved . pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). cksum. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cksum
MLA “cksum.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cksum.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cksum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{cksum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cksum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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