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sha256sum

computer program that calculates and verifies SHA-256 hashes
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sha256sum

Summary

sha256sum is a command-line tool[1].

Key Facts

  • sha256sum's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[2].
  • sha256sum's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • sha256sum's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0[4].
  • sha256sum's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].
  • sha256sum's implementation of is recorded as Q110651361[6].
  • sha256sum's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[7].
  • sha256sum's man page is recorded as sha256sum.1[8].

Body

Publication

sha256sum's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].

Related Entities

free software GNU Core Utilities

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sha256sum_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sha256sum}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sha256sum}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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