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show-utils.sh duplicates logic with GNUMakefile

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Issue type
Refactor
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Mostly clear
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Active
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shell

Research direction

Compare util/show-utils.sh with GNUmakefile lines 82-87, starting with how each determines and displays supported utilities. Check the existing command or build entry point that invokes the script. Done means the supported-utility listing no longer duplicates the Makefile logic and does not depend on jq.

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Description

util/show-utils.sh is used to show suported utils. However, we have
https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/blob/c1883e1d31cdd923013aab0a3a2ad94d5aa75818/GNUmakefile#L82-L87

which does not depend on jq.

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