.Dd Jul 03, 2021 .Dt b3sum 1 .Sh NAME .Nm b3sum .Nd compute or check BLAKE3 message digests .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl bct .Op Fl l Ar length .Op Ar file... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm writes BLAKE3 checksums of each .Ar file to stdout. If no .Ar file is given .Nm reads from the standard input. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag .It Fl c Read list of BLAKE3 checksums from each .Ar file and check them. If no .Ar file is given .Nm reads from stdin. .It Fl b read in binary mode. .It Fl t read in text mode (default) .It Fl l Ar length Output the first .Ar length characters of the generated checksum. .El