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Highlights

• The minimum supported Rust version is now 1.59.
• Many utils now return exit code 1 on usage errors instead of 2 to match GNU.
• tail has had another significant refactor with slight improvements.
• chroot returns better exit codes and supports commands with flags.
• cp supports the -H flag and handles more cases correctly.
• test supports -N, -ef, -nt & -ot and supports 128 bit integers.
• dd's argument parsing has been overhauled and is more compatible with GNU.
• There have been refactors, fixes and performance improvements in many utils, see below for details.

GNU test suite compatibility

Many utils have seen minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. Below is a summary of the progress. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

result	0.0.15	0.0.16	change
pass	293	322	+29
skip	73	49	-24
fail	222	217	-5
error	5	5	0

Changes

The PR's listed below are a selection of all the contributions in this release.

General

• Change remaining usage codes of 2 to 1 for GNU compat by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3922
• Create new adaptive svg logo by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3892

cat

• Remove deprecated unix_socket dependency by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3854

chcon

• Fix GNU tests/misc/chcon-fail.sh test by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3857

chroot

• Improve support of --skip-chdir by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4004
• Set exit codes to 125, 126 or 127 for errors from chroot itself by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3908
• Set trailing var arg by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3907
• Various improvements to chroot by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3960

cp

• Fix cp-i GNU test by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3949
• Add -H option by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3971
• Assume --reflink=always on no value by @sssemil in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3992
• Correct error message on copying dir to itself by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3981
• Allow removing symbolic link loop destination by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3972
• Preserve permissions when copying directory and don't terminate early on inaccessible file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3973

dd

• Handle stdout redirected to seekable file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3880
• Parse operands manually via positional args by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3938

df

• Remove trailing spaces in rightmost column by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3882

factor

• Enable union feature for smallvec by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3928

ls

• Exit code 2 when IOError happened for argument by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3921
• Add support for +FORMAT in timestyle by @dmatos2012 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3988
• Align --ignore behavior with that of GNU ls by @ackerleytng in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3803

mktemp

• Respect TMPDIR environment variable by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3552
• Match GNU error message on too many args by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3951
• Add message for directory not found by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3940

pr

• Migrate from chrono to time by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3918
• Use clap to handle help & version by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3904

rm

• Added write-protected check for files by @stefins in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3853
• Added descend messages for interactive mode Fixes #3817 by @palaster in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3931

split

• Add support for starting suffix numbers by @andrewbaptist in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3976

sync

• Various compatibility improvement by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4003

tail

• Fix stdin redirect (#3842) by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3845
• Fix tail panicking when seeking backwards by @kilpkonn in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3873
• Refactor tail by @Joining7943 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3905
• Fix random errors for piped input on macos by @Joining7943 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3953

test

• Add a bunch of operations by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/4002

New Contributors

@sssemil (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3852), @kilpkonn (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3873), @stefins (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3853), @snapdgn (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3923), @sashashura (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3980), @dmatos2012 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3988)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.15...0.0.16

Highlights

• stty is now partially implemented (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3672). We now finally have implementations for all the coreutils!
• tail now implements --follow and has seen many more improvements thanks to the giant refactor by @jhscheer.
• wc and sum have gotten performance improvements by @resistor.
• There have been refactors, fixes and performance improvements in many utils.

GNU test suite compatibility

Many utils have seen minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. This marks the first release where we pass more tests than we fail. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

result	0.0.14	0.0.15	change
pass	242	293	+51
skip	73	73	0
fail	270	222	-48
error	8	5	-3

Changes

The PR's listed below are a selection of all the contributions in this release.

basename

• Simple format arguments by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3736

basenc

• Fix error code on wrong usage by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3743

comm

• Use NUL if delimiter is empty by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3701

cp

• Correctly copy attributes of a dangling symbolic link by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3692
• Implement --sparse flag by @pimzero in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3766
• Make --b=simple protective of source by @philgebhardt in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3647
• Truncate destination when --reflink is set by @pimzero in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3759
• Fix test_copy_through_dangling_symlink_no_dereference_permissions by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3789

cut

• Fix argument parsing for the delimiter by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3607

dd

• Error message of invalid args is matched with GNU by @Fuchczyk in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3831
• Fix output issues by @patricksjackson in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3610
• Only print concise byte counts if count is sufficiently large by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3617
• Reuse buffer for the most common cases by @patricksjackson in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3600
• Fix broken pipe in test_bytes_oseek_bytes_trunc_oflag by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3797

df

• Better error message when executed in a chroot without /proc by @lendandgit in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3602
• Fix output if input path is device name by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3682
• Fix rounding behavior in humanreadable mode by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3554
• Read block size from env vars by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3504
• Show "total" label in correct column by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3579
• Trim size header in tests by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3582
• Implement the --sync flag for df by @anastygnome in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3592

dircolors

• Add support for stdin by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3591
• Escape ' and : by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3639
• Implement --print-ls-colors by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3566
• Make -b & -c args overridable by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3569
• Update error message by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3596

dirname

• Add missing "\n\" to usage message by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3570

du

• Remove unnecessary spaces from help by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3622
• Add parse_glob module and update du to use parse_glob by @ackerleytng in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3754

expand

• Add support for --tabs shortcuts by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3612
• Allow multiple tabs args by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3585
• Show error if --tabs arg has invalid chars by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3583
• Allow specifier only with last value by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3595
• Handle too large tab size by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3594
• Remove empty line from error message by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3577
• Simplify signature of expand_shortcuts() by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3644

hashsum

• Isolate non-"GNU Coreutils" options by @str4d in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3593
• Fix the -c usage by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3816

install

• Verbose messages shows ginstall as command by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3651
• Fix install -C test by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3663
• Make install -V show the filename by @ElijahSink in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3657

ln

• Improve error messages compatibility by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3730
• Implement -L -P to make tests/ln/hard-to-sym.sh work by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3563
• Symlink --force, src and dst are same file by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3724

ls, dir & vdir

• Add already listed message by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3707
• Fix double quoting when color is enabled by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3590
• Implement --zero by @pimzero in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3746
• Remove trailing space when using the comma format (-m) by @anastygnome in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3615
• Silently ignore -T option by @Stonks3141 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3718
• Forbid octal numbers for width parameter by @Ganneff in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3613

mktemp

• Change directory permission after creation by @353fc443 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3471
• Combine --tmpdir and subdirectory info by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3568
• Error on empty --suffix in some situations by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3599
• Exit with status 1 on usage errors by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3578
• Include suffix in error message by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3551
• Only replace last contiguous block of Xs by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3586
• Respect POSIXLY_CORRECT env var when parsing args by @weijunji in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3604
• Simplify file path parameter logic by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3573

mv

• Fix error when moving directory to itself by @Fuchczyk in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3809

numfmt

• Implement --format by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3751
• Implement --to-unit & --from-unit by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3705
• Preserve trailing zeros by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3764
• Don't round floats if --from is none by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3742
• Reject suffix if unit is none by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3716
• Remove duplicate default hints from help by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3696
• Show invalid suffix error for i suffix by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3732
• Show error if --padding is zero by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3686
• Show error if i suffix is missing by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3713

paste

• Implement -z flag by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3659

readlink

• Improve GNU compatibility by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3826
• Symlink loop handling by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3717

realpath

• Relative options by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3710
• Improve symlink handling by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3703
• Add --no-symlinks alias by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3681

rm

• Fix help text mistakenly being used as the long option by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3670

shuf

• Add missing spaces to about text by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3677
• Improve performance by @Garfield96 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3642

sort

• Wait when SIGINT was raised for the program to finish properly by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3801

sum

• Speed up sum by using reasonable read buffer sizes. by @resistor in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3741

split

• Don't overwrite files by @andrewbaptist in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3719
• Set names for arg values by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3541
• Don't skip chucking when the chunk size is a divisor of the buffer size by @resistor in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3800

stty

• Initial implementation by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3672

tail

• Implement --follow and much more by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2695
• Rework platform module by @anastygnome in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3706
• Fix race condition by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3798
• Reduce CPU load for polling by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3618
• Reuse opened file --follow=descriptor by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3830

tee

• Implement -p by @eds-collabora in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3656

touch

• Fix trailing slashes handling by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3788

true & false

• Use clap::ArgAction for --help and --version by @jarkonik in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3784

tty

• Move from libc to nix by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3838

unexpand

• Handle too large tabs arguments by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3655
• Implement tabs shortcuts by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3646
• Set value name of arg by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3605

uniq

• Set default missing value for group and all-repeated args by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3667

wc

• Specialize scanning loop on settings. by @resistor in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3708
• Implement a fast path for character counting in wc. by @resistor in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3735
• Implement wc fast paths that skip Unicode decoding. by @resistor in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3740
• Fix wc gnu test suite compatibility by @anastygnome in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3688

uucore

• Create help_section macro by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3180
• Refactor, document and test ranges module by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3844
• Remove show_error_custom_description macros show_usage_error by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3837
• Add backport for Path::is_symlink() by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3697
• Fix invalid enum variant in docstring by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3643
• Simplify invalid encoding handling by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3832
• canonicalize: Loop looking in windows by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3714

General

• Netbsd / OpenBSD build fix by @devnexen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3807
• Add more consistency in the --help output and declarations by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3774
• dependencies: make winapi dependency only for Windows by @niyaznigmatullin in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3846
• tests: fix Freebsd test failures by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3777
• tests: ignore failing tests for FreeBSD by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3806
• Replace lazy_static with once_cell by @Sciencentistguy in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3704
• README: add badge for MSRV by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3799
• Remove use of mem::uninitialized by @5225225 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3808
• Remove deprecated clap functions by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3768, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3850, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3848, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3804 & https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3771

New Contributors

@weijunji (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3604), @str4d (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3593), @patricksjackson (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3600), @Ganneff (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3613), @Garfield96 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3642), @philgebhardt (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3647), @ElijahSink (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3657), @niyaznigmatullin (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3663), @eds-collabora (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3656), @lendandgit (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3602), @resistor (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3708), @andrewbaptist (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3720), @Stonks3141 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3718), @pimzero (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3746), @Fuchczyk (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3809), @5225225 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3808), @jarkonik (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3784)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.14...0.0.15

Highlights

• Minimum supported Rust version is now 1.56 and we use the 2021 edition.
• Android support has been fixed and is now checked in the CI thanks to @jtracey.
• df has seen major improvements due to incredible work by @cakebaker.
• Path completions on modern shells (like zsh and fish) now work properly.
• The dir and vdir utilities where added as aliases for ls and ls -l, respectively.
• Many utils have seen minor changes to improve GNU compatibility. See https://github.com/uutils/coreutils-tracking/ for more details

Changes

The PR's listed below change the user-facing behaviour of the utils. It is a selection of all the contributions in this release.

General

• MSRV 1.56 by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3350
• Rust Edition 2021 by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3368
• Fix Android support by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3396
• docs: Show supported platforms for each util by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3374, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3385
• docs: Don't download the tldr archive automatically by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3415
• docs: Require a feature to build by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3444
• Clap value hints by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3524

chown

• Allow setting arbitrary numeric user ID by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3438

cp

• Do not dereference symlink even when dangling - fix issue #3364 by @anastygnome in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3459

date

• Set names for arg values by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3545

df

• Show error if same type is included & excluded by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3369
• Show error when file argument does not exist by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3376
• Fix too low values in I* columns by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3365
• Fix calculation of IUse% by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3387
• Fix incorrect whitespace between columns by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3386
• -h -H shouldn't cause an error #3366 by @gmnsii in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3414
• Fix broken "test_df_output_overridden" test by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3428
• Fix File column width for unicode filenames by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3429
• Show error if all types are excluded by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3418
• Respect -t arg when specific file is provided by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3408
• Allow sizes with a suffix for --block-size by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3441
• Show "block-size argument too large" error by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3458
• Fix Size column header by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3456
• Set min width of Used column to 5 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3480
• Set names for arg values & add missing space by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3490
• Fix Size header for multiples of 1000 & 1024 by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3499
• Use blocksize of 512 if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3482
• Show error if provided block size is zero by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3514
• Test default blocksize in POSIX mode by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3522
• Round up values if block size is specified by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3526
• Fix incorrect rounding of size header by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3530

du

• Return non zero error code when dealing with permissions errors by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3382
• Add support for --exclude and --exclude-from by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3381

env

• Add program signal messages by @ndd7xv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3290

hashsum

• Add --no-names option from official b3sum tool by @pothos in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3361

install

• Support of -d dir/. to match GNU's by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3353
• When install --strip-program=foor fails, remove the target file by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3419
• Verbose - list all created directories by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3420

kill

• Accept process group with negative id by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3501

ls, dir & vdir

• Implement --group-directories-first by @thomasqueirozb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3550
• Add dir and vdir utils by @gmnsii in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3405

mkdir

• Fix a clippy warning on clippy::ptr-arg by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3393
• Fixed not respecting set umask by @pyoky in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3150

mktemp

• Respect path given in template argument by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3465
• Error on path separator in template prefix by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3512
• Fix error msg when suffix has path sep. by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3543
• Correct error message on absolute path by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3521

mv

• Add OverwriteMode match in specific case by @sudosmile in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3383
• Move the tests in a separate function by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3390
• Trigger an error when doing mv dir1 dir2 dir2 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3392
• Allow a single source with --target-directory by @ilkecan in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3529

printf

• Default left-justify integer conversion to 1 width by @hbina in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3061

ptx

• Implement breakfile option by @mike-kfed in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3455

rm

• Rename none by --interactive=never to fix ../gnu/tests/rm/i-never.sh by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3356

seq

• Use usage error where appropriate by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3539

stat

• Add support to read a filename redirected to stdin by @crazystylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3280
• Improve handling of stdin/fifo (fix #3485) by @jhscheer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3498

tty

• Should not return 2 when --help is used by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3367

uname

• Hide processor and hwplatform options by @LevitatingBusinessMan in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3537

uniq

• Fix almost all GNU tests by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3417

New Contributors

@pothos (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3361), @marv (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3384), @sudosmile (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3383), @pyoky (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3150), @gmnsii (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3405), @rtzoeller (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3443), @anastygnome (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3459), @naveensrinivasan (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3453), @ilkecan (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3529)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.13...0.0.14

This is a big release with 276 new PR's merged!

The highlights of this release are:

• Mininum supported Rust version is now 1.54.
• Many improvements and fixes in many utils. In particular, cp, dd, df, split and tr have gotten very large improvements and are much more compatible with GNU.
• Online user documentation featuring installation instructions, descriptions, flags, options and examples.
• We now use clap 3, which gives the --help output a new look and enables abbreviations of long arguments. For example:

ls --color    # already worked pre 0.0.13
ls --col      # any unambiguous shorthand now also works

Changes

The PR's listed below change the user-facing behaviour of the utils. It is just a small selection of all the contributions in this release.

General

• Clap 3 by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2863
• Infer unambiguous long arguments in clap by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2936
• User documentation by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2897, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3152, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3134
• Include license text in all published crates by @davide125 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3131

uucore

• Allow backup suffix with hyphen value by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2997
• Error on negative interval in parse_time::from_str() by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3292
• No uppercase suffixes in parse_time by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3315
• Don't panic when canonicalizing a nonexistent path by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3103
• Fix parse_size to use u64 rather than usize for better 32-bit support by @omertuc in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3084

cp

• Override args instead of having them conflict by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2998
• Avoid following a destination symlink with -P by @refi64 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3101
• Create backup before hardlink by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3033
• Fail when copying a directory to a file by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3044
• Only allow directory for -t by @shoriminimoe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3027
• Support copying FIFOs with -r by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3032
• Don't panic when calling cp -a with a nonexistent file by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2960
• Avoid infinite recursion when source and destinations are same while using cp -R by @Narasimha1997 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3018

dd

• block/unblock on ebcdic/ascii conversions by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2909
• Correct behavior when status=noxfer by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2915
• Support seek=N when destination is stdout by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2911
• Add support for 'b' and 'x' multipliers in numeric arguments by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3028
• Allow multiple instances of arguments by @iovanom in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3021
• Correct order and phrasing of truncated record by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3154
• Correctly account for partial record written by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3129
• Create ConversionMode to simplify conversion, blocking, and unblocking by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3293
• Don't error when outfile is /dev/null by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3148
• Implement iseek + oseek flags by @chordtoll in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3256
• Make status=progress rewrite once/sec by @ndd7xv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3078
• Pad partial record with spaces in some cases by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3156
• Remove spurious zero multiplier warning by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3128
• Show warning if skipping past end of input by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3066
• Show warning when using 0x size multiplier by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3085
• Truncate to specified seek length by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3076

df

• Adds support for mount path prefix matching and input path by @crazystylus in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3161
• --output w/o "=" doesn't expect further args by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3327
• Add support for --total option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3197
• Always produce the same order in output table by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3126
• Always round up usage percentage (#3208) by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3230
• Correctly scale bytes by block size by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3182
• Fix block size header for multiples of 1024 by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3191
• Fix calculation of Use% column by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3309
• Fix calculation of Use% in "total" row by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3347
• Fix panic when using -x argument (#3257) by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3258
• Implement the --output command-line argument by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3176, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3322, https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3323
• Implement the File column by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3294
• Omit reserved filesystem blocks in "Available" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3270
• Remove unused "--direct" option by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3263
• Some option changes by @xxyzz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3127

echo

• Allow echo with escapes to work with \0 by @Dr-Emann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2977

hashsum

• Added b2sum and b3sum utilities by @palaster in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3164
• Add BLAKE3 to Hashing Algorithms by @DestroyerXyz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3108

head

• Add ---presume-input-pipe parameter by @DevSabb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3345
• Don't add trailing newline to end of file that didn't originally have one by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2957

install

• Better error messages when handling invalid arguments by @ndd7xv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3187

join

• Print unsorted line in error message by @cohosh in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2899
• Fix default check order behaviour by @cohosh in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2908
• Add support for -t '\0' by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2881
• "Support" field numbers larger than usize::MAX by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2882
• Add support for non-unicode field separators by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2902
• Improve performance by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3092

ln

• Make the tests/ln/hard-backup.sh test work by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3340
• Pass tests/ln/backup-1.sh & improvement in the error messages by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3346

ls

• Add new optional arguments to --classify flag by @abhishekc-sharma in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3041
• Add proper quotes on symlink with --quoting-style=shell-escape by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3317
• Fix display of bad file descriptor errors by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2875
• Fix display of inodes and add allocation size feature by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3052
• When -aA are provided, the order matters by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3285

mkdir

• Add support of mkdir -p foo/. by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3311
• Recursive reporting of created directories in verbose mode by @353fc443 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3217

nproc

• Add the full support of OMP_THREAD_LIMIT by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3286
• Improve the GNU compat by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3248
• Make tests/misc/nproc-override.sh pass by implementing OMP_NUM_THREADS=X,Y,Z by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3296

paste

• Fixes and cleanup by @Dr-Emann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2982

pinky

• Fix off-by-one in GECOS parsing by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3155

pr

• Move from getopts to clap and fix heuristic for -n by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3185

printf

• Update %g formatting to match GNU by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3087
• Fix printf sci notation round up by @nickd0 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3116
• Support leading zeroes with %0n formatting by @water-ghosts in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3070
• Use clap default help and version by @ndd7xv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3067

realpath

• Error when resolved symlink is absolute and ENOENT by @hbina in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3037

seq

• Add -f FORMAT option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2918
• Correct error message for zero increment by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2923
• Better argument parsing by @HeroicKatora in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3081

shuf

• accept multiple occurances of head-count argument by @DevSabb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3329

sleep

• Give usage error on invalid time interval by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3284

sort

• Add two missing spaces in help texts by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3287

split

• Add support for -e argument by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3107
• Add support for -x option (hex suffixes) by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2981
• Add support for -n l/NUM option to split by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2980
• Avoid writing final empty chunk with -C by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3278
• Catch and handle broken pipe errors by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3275
• Correct error message on invalid arg. to -a by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3006
• Elide all chunks when input file is empty by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3274
• Error when --additional-suffix contains / by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3111
• Error when num. of chunks is greater than num. of possible filenames by @ndd7xv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3146
• Handle no final newline with --line-bytes by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3277
• Add --line-bytes option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3204
• Add -n option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2866
• Implement outputting kth chunk of file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3207
• Add ---io-blksize parameter by @DevSabb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3064

stat

• Allow formatting of negative numbers by @snobee in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3053

tail

• Fix a bug in tail [ -n | -c ] +NUM <file> by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2904
• Don't error when following non-UTF-8 data by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2916
• Add ---presume-input-pipe parameter by @DevSabb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3345
• Support zero-terminated lines in streams by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2898

test

• test: fix wsl executable permission by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2965

timeout

• Avoid panicking for empty string by @353fc443 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3206
• Fix bug in --preserve-status mode by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3249
• Give usage error on invalid time interval by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3283
• Produce usage error on invalid signal by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3297
• Return 125 on invalid time interval args by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3314
• Support long form of --kill-after arg by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3313

touch

• Better error messages when no args is provided by @hbina in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3047
• Implement - by @dgunay in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3158
• Show error on -h with nonexistent file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3117

tr

• Expanding expansion module (added support for character classes and many more patterns) by @hbina in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2502
• Fix octal interpretation of repeat count string by @DevSabb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3178

true

• Make true return false less frequently by @HeroicKatora in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3014

truncate

• Create non-existent file by default by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2912
• Add a division by zero error by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2934
• Prevent underflow when reducing size by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2945
• Better error msg when dir does not exist by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2943
• Change cli error return code by @shoriminimoe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3012
• Error when trying to truncate a fifo by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2944

wc

• Fix counting files from pseudo-filesystem by @tertsdiepraam in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2935
• Compute number widths using total file sizes by @ackerleytng in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3304
• Implement --files0-from option by @allan-silva in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2966

New Contributors

@cohosh (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2899, @g-k (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2893), @water-ghosts (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2956), @biomunky (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2964), @danieleades (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2963), @douglaz (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2975), @Narasimha1997 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2947), @Toxaris (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3020), @rahulkadukar (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3030), @DevSabb (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3038), @HeroicKatora (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3014), @shoriminimoe (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3012), @lguist (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3011), @ndd7xv (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3024), @slycordinator (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3013), @RishiKumarRay (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3023), @daissi (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3100), @snobee (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3053), @abhishekc-sharma (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3041), @DestroyerXyz (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3108), @alextibbles (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3110), @serhansekman (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3121), @allan-silva (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2966), @davide125 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3130), @crazystylus (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3074), @miallo (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3145), @iovanom (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3021), @palaster (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3056), @xxyzz (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3045), @omertuc (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3084), @cakebaker (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3202), @dgunay (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3158), @nickd0 (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3116), @OHNONOTAMOTH (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3244), @bnjbvr (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3264), @chordtoll (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3256), @ackerleytng (https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/3304)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.12...0.0.13

Due to problems with stdbuf, the previous release (0.0.9) required a patch to work and no binary artifacts were generated. This release fixes that issue.

Changes

These are selected user-facing changes since 0.0.8.

• The minimum supported Rust version is now 1.54.
• The version numbers of the utils, the coreutils binary, uucore and uucore_procs are now synced. Hence the jump from 0.0.9 to 0.012.
• All utils now use UResult due to incredible work by @jfinkels, who contributed over 50 PRs for this to happen, with additional contributions by @thomasqueirozb, @Smicry and @E3uka. This change is mostly invisible to users, but does lead to more consistent error messages now and in the future.

cp

• Fix pre-write permission change by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2769
• Handle edge cases when dest is a symlink by @miDeb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2610

env

• Don't panic when name is empty by @thomasqueirozb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2731

join

• Add -z option by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2880
• Operate on bytes instead of Strings by @jtracey in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2851

ls

• Add possible value for --color= by @equal-l2 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2738
• Reduce binary size by removing regex crate by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2781
• Fix newline when only dirs in base directory by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2853
• Fix padding for dangling links in non-Long formats by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2856
• Fix device display by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2855

more

• Add next-line and prev-line command by @E3uka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2771

mv

• Fix bug: Should be able to stat files, but not able to mv if source and target are the same by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2763

numfmt

• Implement --suffix option by @sbentmar in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2841

rm

• Allow -r flag to be specified multiple times by @kevinburke in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2732
• Silently accepts ---presume-input-tty by @hbina in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2532

seq

• Use BigDecimal to represent floats by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2698
• Correct fixed-width spacing for inf sequences by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2740

split

• Add --verbose option by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2872
• Correct filename creation algorithm by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2859

tail

• Improve error handling when file not found by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2886
• Implement -<number> flag by @Smicry in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2747

New Contributors

• @kevinburke made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2732
• @palfrey made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2734
• @ybc37 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2766
• @E3uka made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2771
• @refi64 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2778
• @sbentmar made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2841
• @moko256 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/2858

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.0.8...0.0.12