moreutils ☆

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Description:
Collection of tools that nobody wrote when UNIX was young

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: unix utilities cli shell productivity

Install: brew install moreutils

About:
Moreutils is a collection of Unix command-line tools designed to complement the standard coreutils. It includes utilities like 'chronic' for running commands quietly, 'pee' for tee-like input splitting, and 'sponge' for in-place file modification, streamlining common scripting and shell tasks.

Key Features:

Adds sponge to soak up standard input and write to a file
Provides 'chronic' to run commands only when they fail
Includes 'pee' and 'ts' for stream processing and timestamping
Integrates with existing shell pipelines for efficiency

Use Cases:

Modifying files in-place within shell pipelines without temporary files
Filtering command output to run only on errors or specific conditions
Adding timestamps to logs or stream output for debugging

Alternatives:

coreutils – Coreutils provides the basics; moreutils fills gaps for pipeline and logging workflows.
awk/sed – Scripting languages can replicate some features but require more verbose code.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 17, 2025 12:27am		0	VERSION_BUMP	9c505ffa
Nov 29, 2023 2:56pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4a1e854b