> Am 05.05.2025 um 19:21 schrieb James E. LaBarre <j.e.laba...@gmail.com>: > > I think the "--ignore-missing" option for the checksum validation tools > (md5sum, sha356sum, etc) needs a short switch. The great majority of the > time I am checking checksums, I usually only have one, maybe two of the files > in the checksum list.
This sounds like you're downloading a package from somewhere, and its checksum file either contains checksums for other files or other xxsum formats. Wouldn't grep(1)ing out the desired files/formats and passing them to $SUM be sufficient? Have a nice day, Berny
