coreutils ☆
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Description:
GNU File, Shell, and Text utilities
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 9.9@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: System utilities
Tags: cli utilities gnu file-management text-processing
Install: brew install coreutils
About:
GNU Coreutils is a collection of essential command-line utilities for file, shell, and text manipulation. It provides robust, standardized versions of common tools like ls, cp, and grep, offering enhanced features and POSIX compliance. This package is a fundamental component for developers and system administrators working in Unix-like environments.
Key Features:
  • Comprehensive suite of over 100 core command-line utilities
  • Provides 'g' prefixed commands to avoid conflicts with macOS system tools
  • Includes enhanced versions of standard file and text processing commands
  • Essential for shell scripting and system administration tasks
Use Cases:
  • Performing advanced file and directory operations in the terminal
  • Writing portable and powerful shell scripts
  • Text processing and data stream manipulation
Alternatives:
  • macOS native utilities – Coreutils provides GNU versions with more features and flags than the BSD-based tools included with macOS.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Dependencies: gmp, acl, attr
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Important Notes:
All commands have been installed with the prefix "g".
If you need to use these commands with their normal names, you can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH with:
  PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
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