There should be options a la wc to select which of the three columns of output you want, the sum, the size, and/or the name.

cksum --sum

is what you want when you're using it in a script. Otherwise you have to mess with the output to extract just the sum.

Dave


_______________________________________________
Bug-coreutils mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils

Reply via email to