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/usr/bin/coreutils

GNU core utilities

From coreutils 9.12-r7 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running coreutils --help (exit 0). permalink

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Usage: /usr/bin/coreutils --coreutils-prog=PROGRAM_NAME [PARAMETERS]...
Execute the PROGRAM_NAME built-in program with the given PARAMETERS.

      --help
         display this help and exit
      --version
         output version information and exit

Built-in programs:
 [ b2sum base32 base64 basename basenc cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr factor false fmt fold ginstall head hostid id join link ln logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc numfmt od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink realpath rm rmdir runcon seq sha1sum sha224sum sha256sum sha384sum sha512sum shred shuf sleep sort split stat stdbuf stty sum sync tac tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes

Use: '/usr/bin/coreutils --coreutils-prog=PROGRAM_NAME --help' for individual program help.

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/coreutils>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) Multi-call invocation'
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
--versionoutput version information and exithelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.