COREUTILS(1) User Commands COREUTILS(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

coreutils - single binary for coreutils programs

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**coreutils** *--coreutils-prog=PROGRAM\_NAME* \[*PARAMETERS*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Execute the PROGRAM\_NAME built-in program with the given PARAMETERS.

[**--help**](#help)

display this help and exit

[**--version**](#version)

output version information and exit

## [Built-in programs:](#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: 'coreutils **--coreutils-prog**=*PROGRAM\_NAME* **--help**' for individual program help.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Written by Alex Deymo.

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Report bugs to: <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.  
Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.  
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>  
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/coreutils>  
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) Multi-call invocation'

October 2026 GNU coreutils 9.12

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Document: coreutils(1) from coreutils 9.12-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git