Rust Coreutils 0.6.0 Release:

We are happy to announce the release of Rust Coreutils 0.6.0 — a major milestone achieving 96% GNU compatibility with significant safety improvements, enhanced locale support, and extensive bug fixes!

Highlights:

• Major GNU Compatibility Leap

  • 622 passing tests (+56 from 0.5.0), achieving 96.28% compatibility
  • Reduced failures from 55 to just 16 (-39) and skipped tests from 23 to 7 (-16)
  • Extensive test suite improvements across sort, ls, date, cksum, tail, and many more

• Safety & Code Quality

  • Removed unsafe code from date, sort, locale.rs, and other utilities
  • Replaced raw libc calls with safe nix crate equivalents throughout
  • Enhanced error handling to avoid panics on /dev/full writes across many utilities

• Locale & Internationalization

  • Added ICU support for locale-aware day/month names in date
  • Implemented locale-aware hour formatting and calendar support
  • Added locale-aware numeric sorting with thousand separator support in sort
  • Locale-aware collation support in join

• Performance Improvements

  • base32/base64/basenc: Optimized with reduced memset operations
  • shuf: Optimized numeric output and added --random-seed option
  • date: Wrapped stdout in BufWriter for batch processing
  • uniq: Optimized memory usage for ignore-case comparison
  • tsort: Avoid reading entire input into memory, intern strings
  • df: Performance improvements with better filesystem handling

• Platform Support Expansion

  • Expanded safe directory traversal to all Unix platforms
  • Enhanced Cygwin support across multiple utilities
  • Added SMACK security module support for ls, id, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod
  • Added RISC-V 64-bit musl target to CI

• Notable Utility Improvements

  • cksum/hashsum: Merged common logic, removed deprecated hashsum binary
  • tail: Added --debug flag, fixed -F symlink tracking, fixed --pid with FIFO
  • timeout: Added comprehensive signal handling and --verbose improvements
  • sort: Legacy +POS/-POS handling, locale-aware collation, debug key annotations
  • pr: Multiple fixes for headers, form feeds, and pagination options
  • chmod: Fixed recursive handling and --preserve-root option
  • rm: Fixed error reporting and symlink handling

• Contributions: This release was made possible by 41 new contributors joining our community

GNU Test Suite Compatibility:

| Result | 0.5.0 | 0.6.0 | Change 0.5.0 to 0.6.0 | % Total 0.5.0 | % Total 0.6.0 | % Change 0.5.0 to 0.6.0 | |---------------|-------|-------|------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------| | Pass | 566 | 622 | +56 | 87.75% | 96.28% | +8.53% | | Skip | 23 | 7 | -16 | 3.57% | 1.08% | -2.49% | | Fail | 55 | 16 | -39 | 8.53% | 2.48% | -6.05% | | Error | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.16% | 0.15% | ~0% | | Total | 645 | 646 | +1 (new test) | | | |

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What's Changed

arch

• Avoid >/dev/full panic by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10516

base64

• base(nc|32|64): Optimize performances reduction memset by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9632
• Improve read error message by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10512

basename

• basename . >/dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10553

cat

• do not connect to unix domain socket and instead return an error by @asder8215 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9755
• fix write error handling to propagate errors instead of panicking by @rynewang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10038
• tests(cat,stdbuf): Add broken-pipe robustness tests (#4627) by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8798

chgrp

• correct exit code by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10035

chmod

• fix error handling if multiple files are handled by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9793
• recursive hyper nested dirs by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9990
• preserve root by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10033

chroot

• use execvp directly instead of process::Command by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9013

cksum

• Checksum ignore binary by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9695
• Improve check-only flags handling by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9770
• Move --ckeck's deps to clap by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9996
• Move handle_tag_text_binary_flags to clap by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9999
• Simple default tag variable by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10057
• cksum,hashsum: Drop a message replaced by clap by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10055
• cksum/hashsum: Merge common logic under a common crate by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10142
• Revert recent checksum CLI changes by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10141
• Don't panic when checked file returned EIO by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10534
• --debug 2>/dev/full does not abort by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10589
• -c /dev/null 2>/dev/full should not abort by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10643

comm

• fix comparison when reading from pipes by @martinkunkel2 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9545
• Fixes #10192 - fix(comm): improve stdout handling and add test for lossy UTF-8 output by @Paol0B in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10206
• Properly handle I/O errors when reading input by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10567

cp

• fix preserve-gid when canonicalize fails due to inaccessible parent dirs by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9803
• reduce memory usage for cp -al by skipping unnecessary tracking by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9805
• set status code when encountering circular symbolic links by @Thanhphan1147 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9757
• symlink flags fixing conflicting flag logic to use last flag by @Dylans123 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9960
• Added test for permissions copying to an existing file by @max-amb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10049
• use FileInformation without dereference for symlink destination check to match GNU behaviour for test/nfs-removal-race by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10086
• Avoid other error at cp stream /dev/full by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10139
• Fixed posixly correct dangling symlink test by @max-amb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10247
• cp/mv: suppress xattr ENOTSUP errors for optional preservation by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10083

csplit

• detect and report write errors by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9855

date

• remove unsafe by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9688
• fix inconsistent input parsing between -s and -d flags by @AnarchistHoneybun in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9690
• Implement locale-aware hour formatting for date command by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9654
• improve fuzzer and handle edge cases by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9661
• fix hardcoded formats with nl_langinfo(D_T_FMT) by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9756
• Fix military date parsing not adjusting date by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9785
• add benchmark by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9911
• benchmark: keep only one value by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9989
• avoid double parsing when resolving timezone abbreviations by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9997
• perf(date): wrap stdout in BufWriter to improve batch processing by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9994
• use PosixCustom formatting for GNU-compatible output by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10245
• test: %x format specifier respects locale settings by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10285
• handle parentheses as comments like GNU date by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10133
• add ICU support for day/months names by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10457
• add locale-aware calendar support for era years by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10473
• use jiff-icu for locale calendar conversions by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10499
• fuzz_date: skip combined short options like -Rf- that read from stdin by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10547
• fix %% not being preserved in locale format strings by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10577

dd

• should terminate with error if skip argument is too large by @ic3man5 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7275
• use actual filename in nocache error messages by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9820
• fix nocache flag handling at EOF by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9818
• use ibs/obs-sized buffer for skip/seek on non-seekable files by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9806
• use seek for stdin skip when possible by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9821
• get rid of line buffered stdout by @svlv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10235
• feat(dd): add first benchmark suite for performance validation by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9136

df

• add binfmt_misc to is_dummy_filesystem by @van-sprundel in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9975
• add benchmarks by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10123
• improve perfs by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10122
• add rootfs to is_dummy_filesystem by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10159
• Sum scaled values to compute the totals by @3v1n0 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10438

dir

• add "about" and "usage" instead of being "ls" by @w007878 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10369

dirname

• refactor(dirname): implement pure string manipulation per POSIX by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8936
• use Cow::Borrowed to avoid unnecessary heap allocations by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10294
• add fuzzer to test GNU compatibility by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10289

du

• fix -l/--count-links option not counting hardlinks separately by @WaterWhisperer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9884
• count links based on inode by @svlv in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10313

echo

• Reduce memory allocation by @AnuthaDev in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10090

env

• preserve non-UTF-8 environment variables and remove unwrap by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9726
• Improve GNU coreutils Compatibility & Fix env-signal-handler.sh Test by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9465
• env/printenv: dedup the code by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9841
• dedup some code by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9874
• --debug 2>/dev/full does not abort by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10594

expand

• address a cognitive_complexity warnings by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9930
• expand, unexpand: Properly handle I/O errors by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10510

expr

• fix regex matching on inputs containing newlines by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10543

fmt

• handle invalid UTF-8 input by replacing malformed sequences by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9329

fold

• fix gnu test fold-zero-width.sh by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9274
• Add support for -c short option and fix character mode tab handling by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10530

groups

• groups > /dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10523

hashsum

• Drop --no-names by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9762
• Drop non-GNU --bits flag by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9773
• Drop locales for --bits by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9811
• Drop benches as covered by cksum benches by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9842
• Move --ckeck's deps to clap by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9998
• hashsum, cksum: Move default stdin to clap by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10043
• hashsum, cksum: Move --check confliction to clap by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10041
• Remove hashsum by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10587
• Additional hashsum cleanup by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10622

head

• Consolidate legacy argument parsing for head/tail by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9727
• refactor(head): replace unsafe raw fd usage with safe AsFd API by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10161

hostid

• Avoid hostid > /dev/full panic by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10172

id

• -p crashes with panic when the real GID doesn't exist in /etc/group by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9670
• Fix incorrect human-readable output by @frendsick in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7814

install

• add FreeBSD's -U (unprivileged) option by @alexandrefresnais in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9526
• prevent TOCTOU race attack by @Dolphindalt in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10067
• install -dv a >/dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10541

join

• add benchmarks by @WaterWhisperer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10005
• add benchmark with the French locale by @WaterWhisperer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10025
• consider locale collation in field comparison by @WaterWhisperer in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9982
• Benchmark join with actual Unicode data requiring locale collation by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10391

kill

• kill -1 should trigger an error by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9700

ln

• ln -svf /dev/null /tmp/a > /dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10539

logname

• logname > /dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10522

ls

• Make ls pass the GNU ls-misc.pl suite by @karanabe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9262
• Add SMACK support by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9868
• some improvements after #9431 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10149
• fixes for capability coloring by @bkueng in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8615
• Proper alignment for capabilities and ACLs notifications by @kimono-koans in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8793
• fix symlink chain target coloring by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10274

mkdir

• create directories atomically with correct permissions by @rynewang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10036
• Add SMACK support to id, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod utilities by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9910
• chore: add test for setgid bit inheritance in mkdir -p by @0xferrous in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10412
• mkdir -pv a >/dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10540

mkfifo

• replace unsafe libc::mkfifo with nix::unistd::mkfifo by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10112
• do not change permission when failed to create by @w007878 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10376
• error when non-file permission mode set by @w007878 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10372

mknod

• Avoid major/minor No overflow by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10196
• fix SELinux cleanup when context setting fails by @ChiamakaUI in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10582

mktemp

• Fix template validation to require trailing consecutive Xs by @Xylphy in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10224
• treat empty TMPDIR as unset and fallback to /tmp by @reubenwong97 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10566

more

• file status made more idiomatic. by @devnexen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10151
• test(more): Fix test_from_line_option race condition by increasing PTY delay by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9629

mv

• Adding fixes for i-3 GNU tests related to tty output when file is not writeable by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9599
• support moving folder containing symlinks to different filesystem by @yuankunzhang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8605
• test_mv.rs: Remove ignore from test_mv_broken_symlink_to_another_fs by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9978
• test-mv: Use temporary directory in /dev/shm by @3v1n0 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10439

nice

• use Command::exec() instead of libc::execvp() by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9612
• simplify the code by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9931
• nice -n huge_num true by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10213
• nice > /dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10524

nl

• preserve raw bytes in output instead of using from_utf8_lossy by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9673

nohup

• use POSIXLY_CORRECT to determine failure exit code by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9685

nproc

• Avoid nproc > /dev/full panic by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10157

numfmt

• add --debug flag to print warnings about invalid input (#10110)
• add --unit-separator option for output formatting by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10108
• support non-UTF8 delimiters for locales like GB18030 by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10079
• align error messages for suffixes by @sbentmar in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9887

pr

• Enable pr-tests.pl with suppressed diff output by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9829
• add -b flag for backwards compatibility by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9993
• allow character, block, and fifo devices as input by @SaathwikDasari in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9946
• use 72 char line width for all page headers by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10059
• add default values for -s and -S separator options by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10073
• add -T/--omit-pagination option by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10107
• uniformly scan for form feed and newline chars by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10303
• refactor common code for reading from file by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10334
• ignore empty line after form feed char by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10331
• ignore empty line after newline char by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10332
• remove unused lines_printed variable by @jfinkels in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10474

printenv

• Fix printenv non-UTF8 by @RenjiSann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9728

printf

• Format String Parsing Overflow Causes Panic by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9693
• printf 1 > /dev/full is not silent by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10171

ptx

• fix incorrect column width calculation and padding logic by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9681
• implement -S/--sentence-regexp by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9682
• fix panic when reference length exceeds line width by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9816
• handle invalid regex arguments gracefully instead of panicking by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9825
• handle duplicate input files by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9823

readlink

• readlink /etc/mtab > /dev/full panics by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10525

rm

• fix safe traversal/access by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9577
• fix error reporting for -r on Linux fixing #9011 by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10111
• don't treat symlinks as write-protected by @GomesGoncalo in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10232
• no abbreviation no preserve root by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10205
• fix for -rf ./ and variants silently delete current directory by @jacek-kurlit in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9924

rmdir

• Remove all trailing slashes when checking for symlinks by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9983

runcon

• use Command::exec() instead of libc::execvp() by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9611
• add missing utilities to enable tests/runcon/runcon-compute and removing PATH from runcon -c by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10088

seq

• add SIGPIPE handling for GNU compatibility by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9657
• Change fuzz_seq_parse_number to should_pass: false by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10335

shred

• ensure deterministic pass sequence compatibility with reference implementation by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9317
• fix(shred): stop immediately on write errors by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9649

shuf

• Add --random-seed, make --random-source GNU-compatible, report write failures, optimize by @blyxxyz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/7585
• optimize numeric output by avoiding write!() by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10048
• Tune performance for -i 1-1000000 by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10478

sort

• Add legacy +POS/-POS handling in sort to pass GNU sort-field-limit test by @karanabe in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9501
• remove unsafe by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9694
• fix(sort): GNU sort-continue.sh test by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9107
• Align sort debug key annotations with GNU coreutils by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9468
• fixing locale benchmarks since locale is cached in OnceCell by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9914
• bench(sort): add general numeric benchmark by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10101
• feat(sort): add warning messages for obsolescent keys and options by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9900
• refine error handling and localize field parsing errors by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10068
• followup of #10068 by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10226
• gnu coreutils compatibility (sort float.sh) by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9839
• fix(sort): Enable locale-aware collation for UTF-8 locales by @quantum-encoding in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9176
• gnu coreutils compatibility (sort.pl) by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9862
• gnu core utils test (sort-merge-fdlimit.sh) by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9849
• feat(sort): add locale-aware numeric sorting support(sort-h-thousands-sep.sh) by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9848
• FIX 10314 sort: locale-based collation is not supported by @Paol0B in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10481
• fix: numeric sort (-n) does not recognize thousand separators by @Kaua-Klassmann in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10339

split

• Added error when attempting to create file that already exists as directory by @max-amb in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9945

stat

• fix(stat): Collection of fixes for stat(1) by @Alonely0 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9078

stdbuf

• use exec instead of forking by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9495

stty

• implemented hex and octal parsing for rows and columns by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9516
• columns env support and integration testing by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9490
• Added unit tests for stty.rs to improve test coverage by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9094
• use stdin for TTY operations instead of /dev/tty by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9881
• Implemented input and output baud rate setting for stty by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9517
• bump libc & tmp stop musl-i686 by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10072
• Add bad-speed.sh test script to fetch-gnu.sh by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10077
• Add cfg_aliases by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10443
• Don't panic when GNU provided stty 51 us by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10526

sync

• Reset O_NONBLOCK flag after file validation to match GNU behavior by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9437

tac

• fix error message by @cerdelen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9942
• use temp file for stdin to respect TMPDIR and handle disk-full errors by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10094
• add regex flavor translation for compatibility and new test case by @FidelSch in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10416
• tac, tail, dd: detect closed stdin before Rust sanitizes it to /dev/null by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9664

tail

• fix: patch inotify-dir-recreate test for notify crate's threaded inotify by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9666
• Removing flaky inotify-dir patch by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9800
• fix --pid with FIFO by using non-blocking open by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9663
• fix big number handling and error message quoting by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10155
• add --debug flag to show follow implementation mode by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10105
• fix pipe-f test by detecting broken stdout pipe by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10156
• Fix tail -c panics when requested bytes exceed file size by @dhr412 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10268
• tests: Add 'tests/tail/follow-name' to ignore list by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10297
• fix behaviour of tail -n0 in follow mode by @AnandajithS in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9114
• Fixed passing -0 to tail. Closes #10191 by @trypsynth in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10209
• fix -F to properly track symlinks with changing targets by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10158

tee

• allow multiple -a flags by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10293
• tee miss/ing 2>/dev/full should not abort by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10637

test

• fixing unary operators that are getting parsed as argument instead of string literal by @georgepaulsen in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9951
• Trim whitespace in integer comparisons by @dezgeg in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10489

timeout

• cleanup return values by @Ecordonnier in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9576
• use nix kill/setpgid to reduce unsafe by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10120
• backport timeout tests from master by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10195
• display signal 0 as '0' instead of 'EXIT' in verbose mode by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10194
• Improve error handling with explicit expect messages by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9435
• add all signal handlers, pass on signals to child, add ignored signal handling by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10254

touch

• fix: touch -r: dangling symlink reference is accepted Fixes #9703 by @dshemetov in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9732
• Use libc::UTIME_NOW in touch when updating time to now by @iburaky2 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9870
• fix: use jiff time for touch tests by @aaron-ang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10093
• extent a test for many device files by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10199

truncate

• eliminate duplicate stat() syscall by @Jean-Christian-Cirstea in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9527

tsort

• gnu misc tsort.pl by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9289
• perf (tsort) : avoid reading the whole input into memory and intern strings by @anastygnome in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9872
• Disable tsort_input_parsing_heavy for being too intermittent by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10109

uname

• remove unwrap() for > /dev/full by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10517

unexpand

• use byte count for multibyte characters for column width when using -a flag by @JaneIllario in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9949
• add support for extended tab stop syntax (+N and /N) by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9265
• fix +0 and /0 handling, add integration tests by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10406

uniq

• optimize memory usage for ignore-case comparison by @CrazyRoka in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10050
• rename keys_differ to keys_are_equal by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10070

uptime

• Fix uptime on macOS using sysctl kern.boottime fallback by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8908
• refactor(uptime): use FluentArgs for loadavg formatting in get_format by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10102
• Add -p, --pretty argument by @Ivan-Shaml in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10143

users

• Avoid > /dev/full panic by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10165

wc

• GNU wc-cpu.sh by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9144
• Ensure the output order of stdout and stderror remains unchanged. by @mattsu2020 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9905
• respect POSIXLY_CORRECT for word counting by @dhr412 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10344
• fix word undercount with invalid byte sequences by @dhr412 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10348
• --debug 2>/dev/full does not fail by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10590

yes

• Silently handle broken pipe on windows by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10429

uucore

• use --suffix to enable backup mode by @jacek-kurlit in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9741
• parser: add binary support to determine_number_system and parse_size by @csko in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9659
• locale.rs: move more code outside of the unsafe block by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9720
• fix clippy::pedantic warnings in build.rs and generated locale code by @skjha98 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9837
• Remove lossy OS string conversions by @blyxxyz in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9337
• document that libselinux caches is_selinux_enabled by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9873
• switch to BigDecimal::powi implementation by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9957
• uucore/uptime: remove unreachable code on Windows by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9985
• fsext.rs: Replace getmntinfo with libc by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10075
• refactor: use jiff for safer time features by @aaron-ang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10118
• use the enable_pipe_errors instead of libc::signal by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10113
• feat: Expand safe directory traversal to all Unix platforms and fix related type conversions. by @abendrothj in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792
• simplify cfg checks in signals.rs by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10296
• centralize SIGPIPE handling in main macro by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10354
• uucore(fs): expand path normalization by @FidelSch in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10532

uudoc

• style(uudoc): update header formatting for options and examples by @hwhsu1231 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10004
• print tldr.zip warning only once per process by @rynewang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10039

coreutils

• Remove limitation for prefix by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10261
• Drop find_prefixed_util by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10306
• uu: fix typo by @antonkesy in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10170
• fix: properly handle write errors for --version and --help output by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10223

Platform Support

• Add more Cygwin support by @500-internal-server-error in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9686
• Bump mio for cygwin by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9809
• clippy: allow "cygwin" as value for "target_os" by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10054
• fix: allow selinux on android by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10419
• runcon, chcon: Don't fetch crates at unsupported target by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10360

CI & Build

• GnuTests: Reduce gnproc deps on BSD by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9644
• GnuTests: Split online process to a script by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9652
• GnuTests: Caches for faster configure and skipping make by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9627
• run-gnu-test.sh: Fix nproc broken by cache by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9735
• build-gnu.sh: Move {ch,run}con tests to Fedora VM and avoid wrong result by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9607
• GnuTests.yml: Fix caches by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9739
• build-gnu.sh: Don't hack test suite to force-enable tests by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9744
• GnuTests.yml: Discard caches at each build-gnu.sh update by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9753
• build-gnu.sh: Enable test/df/no-mtab-status.sh by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9759
• GNUmakefile: Prepend PROG_PREFIX to LIBSTDBUF_DIR too by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9068
• build-gnu.sh: correct path suggestion for fetch-gnu.sh by @nutthawit in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9788
• is_a_tty.sh: Reduce lines by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9814
• ci: add Non UTF8 locale for GNU tests by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9807
• Avoid wrong PASS of cp-mv-enotsup-xattr runcon-compute and enable 1 test by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9743
• CI: Add SMACK test runner for GNU tests by @ChrisDryden in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9888
• openbsd ci: try to remove more temporary files by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9904
• build-gnu.sh: Use MULTICALL=y and skip not used utils for faster build by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9567
• CICD.yml: Avoid no space left much more by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9907
• GnuTests.yml: Stop manpage generation to reduce size of log by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9943
• CICD.yml: Avoid no space left again by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9939
• GnuTests: Drop texinfo dep by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9944
• GnuTests.yml: install Rust without rustfmt by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9947
• openbsd.yml: Replace cargo cache related disk space hack by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9917
• GnuTests.yml: Drop autopoint by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9965
• GnuTests.yml: Drop git from VM by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9969

Code Quality & Cleanup

• clippy: fix map_unwrap_or lint by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9678
• clippy: fix ptr lints by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9687
• clippy: enable needless_raw_string_hashes lint by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9840
• clippy: fix uninlined_format_args lint by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9962
• Enable clippy::assigning_clones on OpenBSD by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9956
• Bump signal-hook & add it to skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9979
• benchmark: some minor improvements by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9928
• mac: change the delay value to avoid intermittent by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9895
• fix test_backup_mode_suffix_without_backup_option test on mac by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9891
• fix: reduce factor parallel test runtime by @aaron-ang in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10136
• deny.toml: add constant_time_eq to skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10137
• deny.toml: remove constant_time_eq from skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10176
• fix: handle /dev/full write errors gracefully by @naoNao89 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10062
• benchmarks: reduce allocations in run_util_function by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10378
• uutests: replace unsafe libc::stat with nix::stat by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10364
• deny.toml: remove wasi from skip list by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10355
• fuzz: fix clippy lints by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10466
• clippy: fix used_underscore_binding lint by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10058
• clippy: fix needless_continue lint by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10340
• clippy: remove assigning_clones lint suppression by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10377
• clippy: fix map_clone lint by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10619
• deny.toml: remove unmatched items from skip list by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10605
• refactor: rename print functions to write for consistency by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10536
• editorconfig: specify toml settings by @xtqqczze in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10601

Documentation

• README.md: Guide people to release page or main by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9709
• DEVELOPMENT.md: Remove a wrong desc by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9717
• why-error.md: Cleanup by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9738
• why-error.md: Remove 2 tests by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9799
• why-error.md: Remove 1 test by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9826
• why-*.md: Drop as issue is enough by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9835
• CONTRIBUTING.md: update crate structure by @cakebaker in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9861
• CONTRIBUTING.md: Bug report with LANG=C by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9890
• README.md: Avoid losting unix specific progs by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9867
• DEVELOPMENT.md: mention nightly requirement for code coverage by @nutthawit in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9919
• contrib: add info about expectations and ping by @sylvestre in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10275
• {README,CONTRIBUTIONS}.md: Add link to binaries from latest commit by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10280
• README.package.md: Fix MSRV by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10485

Dependency Updates

• chore(deps): update rust crate console to v0.16.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9675
• chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.62 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9698
• chore(deps): update rust crate zip to v7 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9731
• chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.8.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9730
• chore(deps): update rust crate linux-raw-sys to v0.12.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9787
• chore(deps): update rust crate divan to v4.2.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9786
• chore(deps): update rust crate crc-fast to v1.9.0 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9791
• chore(deps): update rust crate jiff to v0.2.17 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9830
• chore(deps): update dawidd6/action-download-artifact action to v12 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9836
• chore(deps): update rust crate proc-macro2 to v1.0.104 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9878
• chore(deps): update rust crate bigdecimal to v0.4.10 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9880
• chore(deps): update actions/upload-artifact action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9896
• chore(deps): update rust crate self_cell to v1.2.2 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9927
• chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.64 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9909
• chore(deps): update rust crate clap to v4.5.54 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10000
• Bump libc to 0.2.178 with fix for FreeBSD by @oech3 in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10046
• chore(deps): update rust crate jiff to v0.2.18 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10084
• chore(deps): update rust crate proc-macro2 to v1.0.105 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10085
• chore(deps): update rust crate quote to v1.0.43 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10087
• chore(deps): update rust crate libc to v0.2.179 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8717
• chore(deps): update rust crate divan to v4.2.1 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10103
• chore(deps): update rust crate clap_complete to v4.5.65 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10106
• chore(deps): update rust crate libc to v0.2.180 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10126

New Contributors

• @xtqqczze made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9678
• @Jean-Christian-Cirstea made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9527
• @jacek-kurlit made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9741
• @csko made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9659
• @nutthawit made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9788
• @dshemetov made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9732
• @500-internal-server-error made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9686
• @CrazyRoka made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9681
• @skjha98 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9837
• @alexandrefresnais made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9526
• @iburaky2 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9870
• @georgepaulsen made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9951
• @SaathwikDasari made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9946
• @JaneIllario made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9949
• @Dylans123 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9960
• @max-amb made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9945
• @van-sprundel made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9975
• @ffgan made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10029
• @hwhsu1231 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10004
• @rynewang made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10038
• @Thanhphan1147 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9757
• @AnuthaDev made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10090
• @abendrothj made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9792
• @antonkesy made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10170
• @Ivan-Shaml made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10143
• @bkueng made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/8615
• @Xylphy made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10224
• @dhr412 made their first contribution in https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10268

Full Changelog: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/compare/0.5.0...0.6.0