diff --git a/docs/src/extensions.md b/docs/src/extensions.md index bb0dfff0617..ea9ba9b6289 100644 --- a/docs/src/extensions.md +++ b/docs/src/extensions.md @@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ Our `coreutils` calls utility by `coreutils utility-name` and has `--list` to ru Our `coreutils` is called as `utility-name` if its binary name ends with `utility-name` to support prefixed names. Longer name is prioritized e.g. `sum` with the prefix `ck` is called as `cksum`. +## `base32/base64/basenc` + +Just like on macOS, `base32/base64/basenc` provides `-D` to decode data. + +## `cp` + +`cp` can display a progress bar when the `-g`/`--progress` flag is set. + +## `cut` + +`cut` can separate fields by whitespace (Space and Tab) with `-w` flag. This +feature is adopted from [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cut). + +## `du` + +`du` allows `birth` and `creation` as values for the `--time` argument to show the creation time. It +also provides a `-v`/`--verbose` flag. + ## `env` GNU `env` allows the empty string to be used as an environment variable name. @@ -41,17 +59,35 @@ assignment. parse `.env` files and set variables accordingly. This feature is adopted from `dotenv` style packages. -## `cp` +## `expand` -`cp` can display a progress bar when the `-g`/`--progress` flag is set. +`expand` offers the `-U`/`--no-utf8` option to interpret input files as 8-bit ASCII instead of UTF-8. -## `mv` +## `fmt` -`mv` can display a progress bar when the `-g`/`--progress` flag is set. +`fmt` has additional flags for prefixes: `-P`/`--skip-prefix`, `-x`/`--exact-prefix`, and +`-X`/`--exact-skip-prefix`. With `-m`/`--preserve-headers`, an attempt is made to detect and preserve +mail headers in the input. `-q`/`--quick` breaks lines more quickly. And `-T`/`--tab-width` defines the +number of spaces representing a tab when determining the line length. -## `rm` +## `id` -`rm` can display a progress bar when the `-g`/`--progress` flag is set. +`id` has three additional flags: +* `-P` displays the id as a password file entry +* `-p` makes the output human-readable +* `-A` displays the process audit user ID + +## `install` + +`install` offers FreeBSD's `-U` unprivileged option to not change the owner, the group, or the file flags of the destination. + +## `ls` + +GNU `ls` provides two ways to use a long listing format: `-l` and `--format=long`. We support a +third way: `--long`. + +GNU `ls --sort=VALUE` only supports special non-default sort orders. +We support `--sort=name`, which makes it possible to override an earlier value. ## `more` @@ -60,17 +96,9 @@ coreutils. We do not aim for full compatibility with the `more` utility from `util-linux`. Features from more modern pagers (like `less` and `bat`) are therefore welcomed. -## `cut` - -`cut` can separate fields by whitespace (Space and Tab) with `-w` flag. This -feature is adopted from [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cut). - -## `fmt` +## `mv` -`fmt` has additional flags for prefixes: `-P`/`--skip-prefix`, `-x`/`--exact-prefix`, and -`-X`/`--exact-skip-prefix`. With `-m`/`--preserve-headers`, an attempt is made to detect and preserve -mail headers in the input. `-q`/`--quick` breaks lines more quickly. And `-T`/`--tab-width` defines the -number of spaces representing a tab when determining the line length. +`mv` can display a progress bar when the `-g`/`--progress` flag is set. ## `printf` @@ -137,6 +165,10 @@ printf "%.32a\n" 0.1 ***Note: The architecture-specific behavior on non-x86(-64) platforms may change in the future.*** +## `rm` + +`rm` can display a progress bar when the `-g`/`--progress` flag is set. + ## `seq` Unlike GNU coreutils, `seq` always uses arbitrary precision decimal numbers, no @@ -161,36 +193,6 @@ double floating point numbers. Extremely large or small values can still overflow or underflow to infinity or zero, see note in `seq`. -## `ls` - -GNU `ls` provides two ways to use a long listing format: `-l` and `--format=long`. We support a -third way: `--long`. - -GNU `ls --sort=VALUE` only supports special non-default sort orders. -We support `--sort=name`, which makes it possible to override an earlier value. - -## `du` - -`du` allows `birth` and `creation` as values for the `--time` argument to show the creation time. It -also provides a `-v`/`--verbose` flag. - -## `id` - -`id` has three additional flags: -* `-P` displays the id as a password file entry -* `-p` makes the output human-readable -* `-A` displays the process audit user ID - -## `uptime` - -Similar to the proc-ps implementation and unlike GNU/Coreutils, `uptime` provides: - * `-s`/`--since` to show since when the system is up - * `-p`/`--pretty` to display uptime in a pretty-printed format - -## `base32/base64/basenc` - -Just like on macOS, `base32/base64/basenc` provides `-D` to decode data. - ## `unexpand` GNU `unexpand` provides `--first-only` to convert only leading sequences of blanks. We support a @@ -198,10 +200,8 @@ second way: `-f` like busybox. With `-U`/`--no-utf8`, you can interpret input files as 8-bit ASCII rather than UTF-8. -## `expand` - -`expand` also offers the `-U`/`--no-utf8` option to interpret input files as 8-bit ASCII instead of UTF-8. - -## `install` +## `uptime` -`install` offers FreeBSD's `-U` unprivileged option to not change the owner, the group, or the file flags of the destination. +Similar to the proc-ps implementation and unlike GNU/Coreutils, `uptime` provides: + * `-s`/`--since` to show since when the system is up + * `-p`/`--pretty` to display uptime in a pretty-printed format