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Coreutils for Windows: Installer & Packaging

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Dominant language: Rust
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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43 open issues indexed

sleep has 9MB Open

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microsoft/coreutils#180 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 15, 2026
grep not work Open

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microsoft/coreutils#169 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2026
xargs: Error: Command could not be run: The filename or extension is too long. (os error 206) Open

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microsoft/coreutils#160 · Opened Jul 16, 2026
NativeAOT fails with "Platform linker not found" when a non-MSVC link.exe is earlier on PATH Open

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microsoft/coreutils#159 · Opened Jul 14, 2026
Add `sed` Open

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microsoft/coreutils#156 · 4 reactions · Opened Jul 9, 2026
ls: Column alignment breaks in Japanese locale Open

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microsoft/coreutils#155 · Opened Jul 8, 2026
Add `which` Open

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microsoft/coreutils#154 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 6, 2026
I want use coreutils for day-to-day work only in cmd Open

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microsoft/coreutils#151 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jun 23, 2026
bug: uninstall failed when `pwsh.exe` installed by scoop Open

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microsoft/coreutils#147 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 20, 2026
[Feature] Add ps Open

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microsoft/coreutils#145 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 20, 2026
bad double quote parsing (appears to be all commands) Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/coreutils#144 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 19, 2026
On finishing the job of replacing system commands Open

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microsoft/coreutils#138 · 8 comments · Opened Jun 16, 2026
Add support for /dev/null Open

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microsoft/coreutils#128 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2026
findutils find broken in Powershell when more than one file matches Open

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microsoft/coreutils#122 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2026
request: Readme table of all coreutils commands available Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/coreutils#121 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Possible solution for name conflicts Open

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microsoft/coreutils#113 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 9, 2026
ls: preserves backslashes in output even when glob pattern uses forward slashes Open

C-bug

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microsoft/coreutils#107 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 9, 2026
cp --no-dereference --preserve=links copies directory symlinks as file symlinks Open

C-bug

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microsoft/coreutils#106 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 9, 2026
Feature request: `util-linux` and `binutils` for Windows Open

C-feature

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microsoft/coreutils#105 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 9, 2026
MS coreutils: chgrp is missing after installation Open

C-feature

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microsoft/coreutils#104 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 8, 2026
MS coreutils: cp --reflink=always file1 file1_reflink1 returns "Not supported" Open

C-bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/coreutils#102 · Opened Jun 8, 2026
WinGet Machine scope installation should pick All Users option Open

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microsoft/coreutils#98 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 7, 2026
Add chown (set user, set user:group) and chgrp (set group) commands Open

C-feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/coreutils#95 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 6, 2026
Add newgrp command (run command in different group) Open

C-feature

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microsoft/coreutils#94 · Opened Jun 6, 2026
ls.exe -n does not work on NFS filesystems Open

C-bug

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microsoft/coreutils#86 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 5, 2026
pwd.exe -P prints invalid UNC path Open

C-bug

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microsoft/coreutils#85 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 5, 2026
Can't rm directory symbolic link Open

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Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/coreutils#84 · 5 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jun 5, 2026
readlink(1) on UNC path reports raw WinNT device path instead of UNC path Open

C-bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/coreutils#83 · Opened Jun 5, 2026
df.exe does not report status of network filesystems like SMB, NFSv3, NFSv4.2 (ms-nfs41-client), CephFS, ... Open

C-bug

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microsoft/coreutils#82 · Opened Jun 5, 2026
Please add sg(1) (set group) Open

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microsoft/coreutils#81 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 5, 2026
find.exe -ls reports owner as "archive", does not report owner_group (GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION) Open

C-bug

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microsoft/coreutils#80 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 5, 2026
Please add chown(1), chgrp(1) Open

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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/coreutils#79 · 9 comments · Opened Jun 5, 2026
Please add more info to the `-V` option Open

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microsoft/coreutils#69 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Feature Request: Add lsof Command Open

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microsoft/coreutils#61 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Add Windows process listing command ps Open

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microsoft/coreutils#54 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Executable name is case sensitive when calling -> unknown program Open

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microsoft/coreutils#52 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Add Windows support for kill by process ID --from winuxcmd project Open

C-feature

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microsoft/coreutils#45 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 4, 2026
Add diffutils Open

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microsoft/coreutils#44 · 3 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Jun 4, 2026
PowerShell wrapper breaks some common GNU command forms Open

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microsoft/coreutils#23 · 3 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 3, 2026
Add logname.exe Open

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microsoft/coreutils#22 · Opened Jun 3, 2026
Add nice.exe Open

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microsoft/coreutils#21 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 3, 2026
[Documentation] Please consider providing a rationale as to why coreutils for windows exists. Open

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microsoft/coreutils#7 · 3 comments · 12 reactions · Opened Jun 2, 2026
Project strategy Open

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microsoft/coreutils#6 · 4 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Jun 2, 2026

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