Comments on Compute CRC-Checksums on Linux with cksum Command

The cksum command in Linux is a utility that generates a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) checksum and byte count for a given file. It is used to verify the integrity of files by comparing the checksum values before and after transmission or storage.

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By: John Morris at: 2017-06-22 19:34:32
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Too bad nobody uses crc32 to publish checksums, and haven't this century. On the upside, everything in this article applies equally well to the md5sum, sha1sum and sha256sum commands that do match what is published today. Just swap out the cksum command for whichever one matches the site you downloaded the file from.

By: Kanishk at: 2019-07-17 06:43:12
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Nice article and the John Morris comment's made my life easy.