Here are a couple of options I use for a single file.

  * *md5* checksum
      o *Syntax:*
      o md5sum FileName or
      o md5sum FileName | grep "96b13dbbc9f3bc569ddad9745f64b9cdb43ea9ae"

I copy and paste the checksum to make sure it is accurate.

If I am not grepping the checksum I copy the returned md5sum into an 
editor,
then paste a copy of the original undet that so I can compare them a 
character at a time.

Harold

On 03/12/2014 05:42 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> thanks James. I think the cksum is correct. So with the 'c' flag it 
> will check each file against the checksums in a text file. I remember 
> doing that with linuxfromscratch. What if you only have one sum? What 
> flag should I enter.... well, let's check 'man'. Man says check info 
> and info doesn't tell me. Is there a way to check one file easily?
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:21 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe@gmail.com 
> <mailto:jmcphe@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     The -c flag is for when the file you're putting is a text file
>     with a bunch of checksums in it.  Simply do not use -c.
>
>
>     On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com
>     <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I downloaded a file and want to check it's sum to make sure it
>         aI got a good D/L. I think I'm doing it wrong. I d/l the file
>         and type in:
>
>         md5sum -c linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-64bit.iso
>
>         and md5sum seems to open the iso and check the files in it.  Here is the output:
>
>         http://www.firedrive.com/file/DB5BBE6C682CA50D
>
>
>
>
>
>         What am I doing wrong?
>
>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
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