Coreutils

An implementation of the core unix utilities. This project does not aim to be GNU compatible. It is written for learning purposes and is not intended for daily use.

Status

Utility	Not started	In Progress	Working
ar	✓
at	✓
awk	✓
basename	✓
batch	✓
bc	✓
cat	✓
chgrp	✓
chmod	✓
chown	✓
cksum	✓
cmp	✓
comm	✓
command	✓
cp	✓
crontab	✓
csplit	✓
cut	✓
date	✓
dd	✓
df	✓
diff	✓
dirname			✓
du	✓
echo	✓
ed	✓
env	✓
expand	✓
expr	✓
false	✓
file	✓
find	✓
fold	✓
gencat	✓
getconf	✓
getopts	✓
grep	✓
hash	✓
head	✓
iconv	✓
id	✓
join	✓
kill	✓
ln	✓
locale	✓
localedef	✓
logger	✓
logname	✓
lp	✓
ls	✓
m4	✓
mailx	✓
man	✓
mesg	✓
mkdir		✓
mkfifo	✓
mv	✓
newgrp	✓
nice	✓
nohup	✓
od	✓
paste	✓
patch	✓
pathchk	✓
pax	✓
pr	✓
printf	✓
ps	✓
pwd	✓
read	✓
renice	✓
rm	✓
rmdir	✓
sed	✓
sh	✓
sleep	✓
sort	✓
split	✓
strings	✓
stty	✓
tabs	✓
tail	✓
tee	✓
test	✓
touch	✓
tput	✓
tr	✓
true	✓
tsort	✓
tty			✓
umask	✓
unalias	✓
uname		✓
unexpand	✓
uniq	✓
uptime			✓
uudecode	✓
uuencode	✓
wait	✓
wc	✓
who	✓
write	✓
xargs	✓
yes			✓

Building

Dependencies:

• GCC/Clang *

• meson (>=0.53.0) *

• ninja *

• scdoc (optional: man pages) *

  * Compile-time dependency

# Copy using button there -->
git clone "https://github.com/acly7946/coreutils.git"
cd coreutils/
meson build/
ninja -C build/

sudo ninja -C build/ install # To install

sudo ninja -C build/ uninstall # To uninstall

Alternatively, each utility can be built on it's own

cd uptime/
meson build/
ninja -C build/