Also, watch out because like many things the timeout command and args differs be...

aidenn0 · 2025-05-26T15:07:08 1748272028

Prefixing GNU coreutils with "g" is common on most non-Linux Unix systems; it prevents conflicts with the base system (gmake/gtar vs make/tar).

jonhohle · 2025-05-26T16:48:30 1748278110

But also sucks because the g-prefixed versions aren’t installed on Linux systems which means scripts that rely on them are not portable.

mdaniel · 2025-05-26T17:07:06 1748279226

Thankfully bash tolerates that, if the script author cares, e.g.

  gnu_sed=gsed
  if ! command -v $gnu_sed; then
    gnu_sed=$(detector_wizardry)
  fi
  $gnu_sed -Ee ...