From cd9ac47559b007b9083f03f176a8ded4696c48f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charlie Arehart Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 19:49:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README with Coreutils command check Added section on determining if a command is a Coreutils commands, using its available --version argument. --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 568058b..3053921 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ Legend: ✅ ships and works · ⚠️ ships but conflicts with a built-in · | `uptime` | ✅ | ⚠️ | | | `whoami` | 🛑 | 🛑 | Conflicts with the built-in Windows command | +### Determining when a command is a Coreutils command + +To check if a command is provided by Coreutils (versus being built-into Windows), use the `--version` argument. When used with a Coreutils command, this will indicate its version. For example, `ls --version`, could respond: + +``` +ls (uutils coreutils) 0.8.0 +```
## Windows caveats