sha256sum:tldr:65093

sha256sum: Calculate a SHA256 checksum from `stdin`.

${command}

$ ${command} | sha256sum

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This command consists of two parts, separated by the pipe symbol (|):

${command}: This is a placeholder that represents a specific command that needs to be executed. You would replace ${command} with the actual command that you want to run. For example, if you want to calculate the SHA256 hash of a file named "myfile.txt", you would replace ${command} with the command that reads the contents of "myfile.txt".
sha256sum: This is the command that calculates the SHA256 hash of the data it receives as input. It takes the input data and produces a 64-character hexadecimal string that represents the hash value.

The pipe symbol (|) is known as a "pipe" or "vertical bar" in Unix-like systems. It is used to redirect the output of one command to another command as input. In this command, it takes the output of ${command} and passes it as input to sha256sum.

In summary, this command runs the given ${command} and then calculates the SHA256 hash of the output produced by ${command} using the sha256sum command.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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