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# gnu-utils plugin |
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This plugin binds GNU coreutils to their default names, so that you don't have |
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to call them using their prefixed name, which starts with `g`. This is useful |
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in systems which don't have GNU coreutils installed by default, mainly macOS |
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or FreeBSD, which use BSD coreutils. |
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To use it, add `gnu-utils` to the plugins array in your zshrc file: |
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```zsh |
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plugins=(... gnu-utils) |
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``` |
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The plugin works by changing the path that the command hash points to, so |
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instead of `ls` pointing to `/bin/ls`, it points to wherever `gls` is |
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installed. |
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Since `hash -rf` or `rehash` refreshes the command hashes, it also wraps |
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`hash` and `rehash` so that the coreutils binding is always done again |
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after calling these two commands. |
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Look at the source code of the plugin to see which GNU coreutils are tried |
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to rebind. Open an issue if there are some missing. |
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## Other methods |
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The plugin also documents two other ways to do this: |
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1. Using a function wrapper, such that, for example, there exists a function |
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named `ls` which calls `gls` instead. Since functions have a higher preference |
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than commands, this ends up calling the GNU coreutil. It has also a higher |
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preference over shell builtins (`gecho` is called instead of the builtin `echo`). |
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2. Using an alias. This has an even higher preference than functions, but they |
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could be overridden because of a user setting. |
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## Author |
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- [Sorin Ionescu](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu).
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