UNLINK(1) User Commands UNLINK(1)NAME
unlink - call the unlink function to remove the specified file
SYNOPSIS
unlink FILE
unlink OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Call the unlink function to remove the specified FILE.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Michael Stone.
REPORTING BUGS
Report unlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO unlink(2)
The full documentation for unlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and unlink programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils 'unlink invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 UNLINK(1)
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SUM(1) User Commands SUM(1)NAME
sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file
SYNOPSIS
sum [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print checksum and block counts for each FILE.
-r use BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks
-s, --sysv
use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
AUTHOR
Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie.
REPORTING BUGS
Report sum bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sum programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'sum invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 SUM(1)
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