go-coreutils

Reinventing GNU coreutils using Go

Requirements

• Implement GNU coreutils
• ONLY use Golang standard library (std, golang.org/x)
• No cheating, for example, use exec.Command() directly

Priority

1. core functionality
2. output format comformant
3. input flags comformant, unix/bsd/gnu options comliance
4. wildcards, globs (go1.16 io/fs)

Difficulty

module	difficulty	comments
uptime	**	macOS, windows syscall API, implement utmpx
b2sum	**	crypto hashing

References

GNU coreutils github mirror