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Corrected English idiom throughout. Clarified the description of
the package. Modified some program descriptions to improve their accuracy, or to correct clumsiness of style.
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title/>
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<para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the
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basic system characteristics.</para>
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<para>The Coreutils package contains the basic utility programs
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needed by every operating system.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<note>
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<para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new
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bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible
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without this patch.</para>
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<para>Many bugs have been found in this patch. When reporting new
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bugs to the Coreutils maintainers, please check first to see if
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those bugs are reproducible without this patch.</para>
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</note>
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<!-- this has been fixed in upstream gnulib, when a new version of
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<term><command>autoreconf</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The patch for internationalization has modified the
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building system of the package, so the configuration files have
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to be regenerated.</para>
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build system, so the configuration files must
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be regenerated.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<term><envar>FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1</envar></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This environment variable allows the package to be
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built as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
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built by the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from
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installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later.
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installing programs that will be installed by other packages.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="lbracket">
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<term><command>[</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Is an actual command, /usr/bin/[, that is a synonym
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<para>Is an actual command, /usr/bin/[; it is a synonym
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for the <command>test</command> command</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils lbracket">
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<primary sortas="b-111">[</primary>
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<term><command>chmod</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode
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can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an
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can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to be made, or an
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octal number representing the new permissions</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod">
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<primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary>
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<term><command>csplit</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Splits a given file into several new files, separating them
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according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte
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according to given patterns or line numbers, and outputting the byte
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count of each new file</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit">
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<primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary>
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<varlistentry id="date">
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<term><command>date</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the
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system date</para>
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<para>Displays the current dae and time in the given format, or sets the
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system date and time</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date">
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<primary sortas="b-date">date</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="dirname">
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<term><command>dirname</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name</para>
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<para>Extracts the directory portion(s) of the given name(s)</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname">
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<primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="factor">
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<term><command>factor</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers</para>
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<para>Prints the prime factors of the specified integers</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor">
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<primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="link">
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<term><command>link</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Creates a hard link with the given name to a file</para>
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<para>Creates a hard link (with the given name) to a file</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link">
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<primary sortas="b-link">link</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="mkfifo">
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<term><command>mkfifo</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a "named
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pipe" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
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<para>Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), "named
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pipes" in UNIX parlance, with the given names</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo">
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<primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<term><command>wc</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given
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file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given</para>
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file, as well as grand totals when more than one file is given</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc">
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<primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="yes">
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<term><command>yes</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string until
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<para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y</quote>, or a given string, until
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killed</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes">
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<primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary>
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