COREUTILS(1) General Commands Manual COREUTILS(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

coreutils

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**coreutils** \[**-h**|**--help**] \[*subcommands*]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

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

Print help

# [SUBCOMMANDS](#SUBCOMMANDS)

[coreutils-\[(1)](#coreutils)

test-about

[coreutils-arch(1)](#coreutils~2)

arch-about

[coreutils-b2sum(1)](#coreutils~3)

b2sum-about

[coreutils-base32(1)](#coreutils~4)

base32-about

[coreutils-base64(1)](#coreutils~5)

base64-about

[coreutils-basename(1)](#coreutils~6)

basename-about

[coreutils-basenc(1)](#coreutils~7)

basenc-about

[coreutils-cat(1)](#coreutils~8)

cat-about

[coreutils-chgrp(1)](#coreutils~9)

chgrp-about

[coreutils-chmod(1)](#coreutils~10)

chmod-about

[coreutils-chown(1)](#coreutils~11)

chown-about

[coreutils-chroot(1)](#coreutils~12)

chroot-about

[coreutils-cksum(1)](#coreutils~13)

cksum-about

[coreutils-comm(1)](#coreutils~14)

comm-about

[coreutils-cp(1)](#coreutils~15)

cp-about

[coreutils-csplit(1)](#coreutils~16)

csplit-about

[coreutils-cut(1)](#coreutils~17)

cut-about

[coreutils-date(1)](#coreutils~18)

date-about

[coreutils-dd(1)](#coreutils~19)

dd-about

[coreutils-df(1)](#coreutils~20)

df-about

[coreutils-dir(1)](#coreutils~21)

dir-about

[coreutils-dircolors(1)](#coreutils~22)

dircolors-about

[coreutils-dirname(1)](#coreutils~23)

dirname-about

[coreutils-du(1)](#coreutils~24)

du-about

[coreutils-echo(1)](#coreutils~25)

echo-about

[coreutils-env(1)](#coreutils~26)

env-about

[coreutils-expand(1)](#coreutils~27)

expand-about

[coreutils-expr(1)](#coreutils~28)

expr-about

[coreutils-factor(1)](#coreutils~29)

factor-about

[coreutils-false(1)](#coreutils~30)

false-about

[coreutils-fmt(1)](#coreutils~31)

fmt-about

[coreutils-fold(1)](#coreutils~32)

fold-about

[coreutils-groups(1)](#coreutils~33)

groups-about

[coreutils-head(1)](#coreutils~34)

head-about

[coreutils-hostid(1)](#coreutils~35)

hostid-about

[coreutils-hostname(1)](#coreutils~36)

hostname-about

[coreutils-id(1)](#coreutils~37)

id-about

[coreutils-install(1)](#coreutils~38)

install-about

[coreutils-join(1)](#coreutils~39)

join-about

[coreutils-kill(1)](#coreutils~40)

kill-about

[coreutils-link(1)](#coreutils~41)

link-about

[coreutils-ln(1)](#coreutils~42)

ln-about

[coreutils-logname(1)](#coreutils~43)

logname-about

[coreutils-ls(1)](#coreutils~44)

ls-about

[coreutils-md5sum(1)](#coreutils~45)

md5sum-about

[coreutils-mkdir(1)](#coreutils~46)

mkdir-about

[coreutils-mkfifo(1)](#coreutils~47)

mkfifo-about

[coreutils-mknod(1)](#coreutils~48)

mknod-about

[coreutils-mktemp(1)](#coreutils~49)

mktemp-about

[coreutils-more(1)](#coreutils~50)

more-about

[coreutils-mv(1)](#coreutils~51)

mv-about

[coreutils-nice(1)](#coreutils~52)

nice-about

[coreutils-nl(1)](#coreutils~53)

nl-about

[coreutils-nohup(1)](#coreutils~54)

nohup-about

[coreutils-nproc(1)](#coreutils~55)

nproc-about

[coreutils-numfmt(1)](#coreutils~56)

numfmt-about

[coreutils-od(1)](#coreutils~57)

od-about

[coreutils-paste(1)](#coreutils~58)

paste-about

[coreutils-pathchk(1)](#coreutils~59)

pathchk-about

[coreutils-pinky(1)](#coreutils~60)

pinky-about

[coreutils-pr(1)](#coreutils~61)

pr-about

[coreutils-printenv(1)](#coreutils~62)

printenv-about

[coreutils-printf(1)](#coreutils~63)

printf-about

[coreutils-ptx(1)](#coreutils~64)

ptx-about

[coreutils-pwd(1)](#coreutils~65)

pwd-about

[coreutils-readlink(1)](#coreutils~66)

readlink-about

[coreutils-realpath(1)](#coreutils~67)

realpath-about

[coreutils-rm(1)](#coreutils~68)

rm-about

[coreutils-rmdir(1)](#coreutils~69)

rmdir-about

[coreutils-seq(1)](#coreutils~70)

seq-about

[coreutils-sha1sum(1)](#coreutils~71)

sha1sum-about

[coreutils-sha224sum(1)](#coreutils~72)

sha224sum-about

[coreutils-sha256sum(1)](#coreutils~73)

sha256sum-about

[coreutils-sha384sum(1)](#coreutils~74)

sha384sum-about

[coreutils-sha512sum(1)](#coreutils~75)

sha512sum-about

[coreutils-shred(1)](#coreutils~76)

shred-about

[coreutils-shuf(1)](#coreutils~77)

shuf-about

[coreutils-sleep(1)](#coreutils~78)

sleep-about

[coreutils-sort(1)](#coreutils~79)

sort-about

[coreutils-split(1)](#coreutils~80)

split-about

[coreutils-stat(1)](#coreutils~81)

stat-about

[coreutils-stdbuf(1)](#coreutils~82)

stdbuf-about

[coreutils-stty(1)](#coreutils~83)

stty-about

[coreutils-sum(1)](#coreutils~84)

sum-about

[coreutils-sync(1)](#coreutils~85)

sync-about

[coreutils-tac(1)](#coreutils~86)

tac-about

[coreutils-tail(1)](#coreutils~87)

tail-about

[coreutils-tee(1)](#coreutils~88)

tee-about

[coreutils-test(1)](#coreutils~89)

test-about

[coreutils-timeout(1)](#coreutils~90)

timeout-about

[coreutils-touch(1)](#coreutils~91)

touch-about

[coreutils-tr(1)](#coreutils~92)

tr-about

[coreutils-true(1)](#coreutils~93)

true-about

[coreutils-truncate(1)](#coreutils~94)

truncate-about

[coreutils-tsort(1)](#coreutils~95)

tsort-about

[coreutils-tty(1)](#coreutils~96)

tty-about

[coreutils-uname(1)](#coreutils~97)

uname-about

[coreutils-unexpand(1)](#coreutils~98)

unexpand-about

[coreutils-uniq(1)](#coreutils~99)

uniq-about

[coreutils-unlink(1)](#coreutils~100)

unlink-about

[coreutils-uptime(1)](#coreutils~101)

uptime-about

[coreutils-users(1)](#coreutils~102)

users-about

[coreutils-vdir(1)](#coreutils~103)

vdir-about

[coreutils-wc(1)](#coreutils~104)

wc-about

[coreutils-who(1)](#coreutils~105)

who-about

[coreutils-whoami(1)](#coreutils~106)

whoami-about

[coreutils-yes(1)](#coreutils~107)

yes-about

[coreutils-help(1)](#coreutils~108)

Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

2026-10-16

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Document: coreutils(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils