The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a
package of
GNU software containing implementations for many of the basic tools, such as
cat,
ls, and
rm, which are used on
Unix-like operating systems.
In September 2002, the ''GNU coreutils'' were created by merging the earlier packages ''textutils'', ''shellutils'', and ''fileutils'', along with some other miscellaneous utilities. In July 2007, the license of the GNU coreutils was updated from
GPL-2.0-or-later to
GPL-3.0-or-later.
The GNU core utilities support
long options as
parameters to the commands, as well as the relaxed convention allowing options even after the regular arguments (unless the environment variable is set). Note that this environment variable enables a different functionality in BSD.
See the
List of GNU Core Utilities commands
This is a list of commands from the GNU Core Utilities for Unix environments. These commands can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems.
List
See also
* List of Unix commands
* List of GNOME applications
* List o ...
for a brief description of included commands.
Alternative implementation packages are available in the
FOSS ecosystem, with a slightly different scope and focus, or license. For example,
BusyBox which is licensed under
GPL-2.0-only, and
Toybox which is licensed under
0BSD
BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and distribution of covered software. This is in contrast to copyleft licenses, which have share-alike requirements. The original BSD lice ...
.
See also
*
GNU Binutils
*
List of GNU Core Utilities commands
This is a list of commands from the GNU Core Utilities for Unix environments. These commands can be found on Unix operating systems and most Unix-like operating systems.
List
See also
* List of Unix commands
* List of GNOME applications
* List o ...
*
List of Unix commands
*
Toybox, a 0BSD licensed, all-in-one Linux command line utility used in Android.
*
util-linux, a set of approximately 100 basic Linux system utilities not included in GNU Core Utilities, such as
mount
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
,
fdisk,
more, and
kill.
Notes
References
External links
*
The Heirloom Toolchest- An alternative set of utilities
opensource.com article: gnu-core-utilities on 4 Apr 2018 by David Both (Correspondent)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gnu Core Utilities
Free software programmed in C
Free system software
Core Utilities
Unix software