coreutils
brew install coreutilsGNU File, Shell, and Text utilities
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/coreutils.json
Formula code: coreutils.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 9.12 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Patches:
| https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/782a1e5bc2090212273bb731dceee2cc2a071e54 |
Depends on:
| gmp | 6.3.0 | GNU multiple precision arithmetic library |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
Depends on when building from source:
| texinfo | 7.3 | Official documentation format of the GNU project |
Uses from macOS: gperf (build)
Conflicts with: b2sum (because both install `b2sum` binaries), gfold (because both install `gfold` binaries), idutils (because both install `gid` and `gid.1`)
Binaries:
b2sum,
base32,
basenc,
dir,
dircolors,
factor,
g[,
gb2sum,
gbase32,
gbase64,
gbasename,
gbasenc,
gcat,
gchgrp,
gchmod,
gchown,
gchroot,
gcksum,
gcomm,
gcp,
gcsplit,
gcut,
gdate,
gdd,
gdf,
gdir,
gdircolors,
gdirname,
gdu,
gecho,
genv,
gexpand,
gexpr,
gfactor,
gfalse,
gfmt,
gfold,
ggroups,
ghead,
ghostid,
gid,
ginstall,
gjoin,
glink,
gln,
glogname,
gls,
gmd5sum,
gmkdir,
gmkfifo,
gmknod,
gmktemp,
gmv,
gnice,
gnl,
gnohup,
gnproc,
gnumfmt,
god,
gpaste,
gpathchk,
gpinky,
gpr,
gprintenv,
gprintf,
gptx,
gpwd,
greadlink,
grealpath,
grm,
grmdir,
gseq,
gsha1sum,
gsha224sum,
gsha256sum,
gsha384sum,
gsha512sum,
gshred,
gshuf,
gsleep,
gsort,
gsplit,
gstat,
gstdbuf,
gstty,
gsum,
gsync,
gtac,
gtail,
gtee,
gtest,
gtimeout,
gtouch,
gtr,
gtrue,
gtruncate,
gtsort,
gtty,
guname,
gunexpand,
guniq,
gunlink,
gusers,
gvdir,
gwc,
gwho,
gwhoami,
gyes,
hostid,
md5sum,
nproc,
numfmt,
pinky,
ptx,
realpath,
sha1sum,
sha224sum,
sha256sum,
sha384sum,
sha512sum,
shred,
shuf,
stdbuf,
tac,
timeout,
truncate,
vdir
| Commands also provided by macOS and the commands dir, dircolors, vdir have been installed with the prefix "g". If you need to use these commands with their normal names, you can add a "gnubin" directory to your PATH with: PATH="$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH" |
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 1,159,817 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 49,336,208 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 64,700 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 17.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:20:24Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 64,624 | 193,961 | 1,016,155 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 76 | 162 | 787 |
| Installs on Request | 55,599 | 176,745 | 944,617 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 76 | 162 | 783 |
| Build Errors | 75 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 13 |