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Expand Up @@ -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.
Expand All @@ -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`

Expand All @@ -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`

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -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
Expand All @@ -161,47 +193,15 @@ 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
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
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