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uutils is an attempt at writing universal (as in cross-platform) CLI
utils in [Rust](http://rust-lang.org). This repo is to aggregate the GNU
coreutils rewrites.
Why?
----
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Many GNU, Linux and other utils are pretty awesome, and obviously
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[some](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net) [effort](http://unxutils.sourceforge.net)
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has been spent in the past to port them to Windows. However, those projects
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are either old, abandoned, hosted on CVS, written in platform-specific C, etc.
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Rust provides a good, platform-agnostic way of writing systems utils that are easy
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to compile anywhere, and this is as good a way as any to try and learn it.
Build Instructions
------------------
To simply build all available utilities:
```
make
```
To build all but a few of the available utilities:
```
make DONT_BUILD='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2'
```
To build only a few of the available utilities:
```
make BUILD='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2'
```
To build with LTO and stripping:
```
make ENABLE_LTO=y ENABLE_STRIP=y
```
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Installation Instructions
-------------------------
To install all available utilities:
```
make install
```
To install all but a few of the available utilities:
```
make DONT_INSTALL='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' install
```
To install only a few of the available utilities:
```
make INSTALL='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' install
```
To install every program with a prefix:
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```
make PROG_PREFIX=PREFIX_GOES_HERE install
```
To install the multicall binary:
```
make install-multicall
```
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Uninstallation Instructions
---------------------------
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To uninstall all utilities:
```
make uninstall
```
To uninstall every program with a set prefix:
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```
make PROG_PREFIX=PREFIX_GOES_HERE uninstall
```
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To uninstall the multicall binary:
```
make uninstall-multicall
```
Test Instructions
-----------------
To simply test all available utilities:
```
make test
```
To test all but a few of the available utilities:
```
make DONT_TEST='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' test
```
To test only a few of the available utilities:
```
make TEST='UTILITY_1 UTILITY_2' test
```
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Contribute
----------
Contributions are very welcome, and should target Rust's master branch until
Rust 1.0 is released. You may *claim* an item on the to-do list by following
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these steps:
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1. Open an issue named "Implement [the utility of your choice]", e.g. "Implement ls"
2. State that you are working on this utility.
3. Develop the utility.
4. Add the reference to your utility into uutils/uutils.rs (required for multibinary).
5. Remove utility from the to-do list on this README.
6. Submit a pull request and close the issue.
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The steps above imply that, before starting to work on a utility, you should search the issues to make sure no one else is working on it.
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To do
-----
- chcon
- chgrp
- chmod
- chown
- copy
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- cp (not much done)
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- csplit
- date
- dd
- df
- dircolors
- expr
- getlimits
- install
- join
- libstdbuf
- ln
- ls
- mknod
- mktemp
- mv
- nice
- nproc
- numfmt
- od
- pathchk
- pinky
- pr
- printf
- ptx
- readlink
- remove
- runcon
- setuidgid
- shred
- sort
- split
- stat
- stdbuf
- stty
- tail (not all features implemented)
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- test (not all features implemented)
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- uniq (in progress)
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- who
License
-------
uutils is licensed under the MIT License - see the `LICENSE` file for details