Uutils

The Uutils project reimplements ubiquitous command line utilities in memory-safe Rust

Coreutils

Introduction

Uutils Coreutils is a cross-platform memory-safe reimplementation of GNU Coreutils in Rust

While all programs have been implemented, some options might be missing or different behavior might be experienced

For details, see Uutils Coreutils - GNU Coreutils Test Coverage

Though the main goal of the project is compatibility, Uutils Coreutils supports a few features that are not supported by GNU Coreutils

For details, see Uutils Coreutils - Extensions

Usage

In your configuration file, add the uutils-coreutils-noprefix package in environment.systemsPackages, and give it a high priority in order to avoid potential conflicts with coreutils-full

❄︎ /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

{ pkgs, ... }:
{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    (lib.hiPrio pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix) # `lib.hiPrio` is used to avoid potential conflict with `coreutils-full` (also see https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-uutils-coreutils-instead-of-the-builtin-coreutils/8904/15?u=malix)
  ];
}

If you want a prefixed package for some reason, use uutils-coreutils instead

Note: This will not replace the coreutils-full package, only install it over and giving it higher priority

Using system.replaceDependencies instead of environment.systemPackages seems to be a better approach, but it has not been successful yet

For details, see NixOS - Discourse: "How to use uutils-coreutils instead of the builtin coreutils?" (8904) - Comment 36

Findutils

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Uutils Findutils is a cross-platform memory-safe reimplementation of GNU findutils: xargs, find, locate and updatedb

It aims to be a drop-in replacement of the original GNU findutils commands

Nixpkgs - uutils-findutils

Diffutils

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Uutils Diffutils is is a cross-platform memory-safe reimplementation of GNU findutils: diff, cmp, diff3 and sdiff

It aims to be a drop-in replacement of the original GNU diffutils commands

Nixpkgs - uutils-diffutils