The `stat` command on Ubuntu and OS X behave differently and I’d like to have the functionality of the GNU / Ubuntu version of `stat` available on OS X – if there is such a thing. I have already used `homebrew` to install `gnu-sed` and I see similarly that a lot of the GNU utilities are available from:
brew install coreutils findutils gnu-tar gnu-sed gawk gnutls gnu-indent gnu-getopt
I know `stat` on OS X might be very specialized because of the OS X file systems that may be present, but I’d ALSO like to have the linuxy version if it is available. As it turns out, it is.
The GNU version of stat can be accessed on OS X by installing a package / keg called `coreutils` which includes the following utilities:
base64 env mknod runcon touch
basename expand mktemp seq tr
cat expr mv sha1sum true
chcon factor nice sha224sum truncate
chgrp false nl sha256sum tsort
chmod fmt nohup sha384sum tty
chown fold nproc sha512sum uname
chroot groups numfmt shred unexpand
cksum head od shuf uniq
comm hostid paste sleep unlink
cp id pathchk sort uptime
csplit install pinky split users
cut join pr stat vdir
date kill printenv stty wc
dd link printf sum who
df ln ptx sync whoami
dir logname pwd tac yes
dircolors ls readlink tail
dirname md5sum realpath tee
du mkdir rm test
echo mkfifo rmdir timeout
These GNU utilities are available on Mac OS X but the one caveat is that they are all prefixed by the letter `g` as you can see from brew info:
$ brew info coreutils
coreutils: stable 8.21
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils
Depends on: xz
/usr/local/Cellar/coreutils/8.21 (210 files, 9.6M) *
Built from source
https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/commits/master/Library/Formula/coreutils.rb
==> Caveats
All commands have been installed with the prefix ‘g’.
If you really need to use these commands with their normal names, you
can add a “gnubin” directory to your PATH from your bashrc like:
PATH=”/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH”
Additionally, you can access their man pages with normal names if you add
the “gnuman” directory to your MANPATH from your bashrc as well:
MANPATH=”/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnuman:$MANPATH”
The utilities with the g prefix are named:
g[ gecho gmkfifo grmdir gtimeout
gbase64 genv gmknod gruncon gtouch
gbasename gexpand gmktemp gseq gtr
gcat gexpr gmv gsha1sum gtrue
gchcon gfactor gnice gsha224sum gtruncate
gchgrp gfalse gnl gsha256sum gtsort
gchmod gfmt gnohup gsha384sum gtty
gchown gfold gnproc gsha512sum guname
gchroot ggroups gnumfmt gshred gunexpand
gcksum ghead god gshuf guniq
gcomm ghostid gpaste gsleep gunlink
gcp gid gpathchk gsort guptime
gcsplit ginstall gpinky gsplit gusers
gcut gjoin gpr gstat gvdir
gdate gkill gprintenv gstty gwc
gdd glink gprintf gsum gwho
gdf gln gptx gsync gwhoami
gdir glogname gpwd gtac gyes
gdircolors gls greadlink gtail
gdirname gmd5sum grealpath gtee
gdu gmkdir grm gtest
