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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

We make very careful considerations about the interface and operation of the GNU coreutils, but unfortunately due to backwards compatibility reasons, some behaviours or defaults [pixelbeat.org] of these utilities can be confusing [pixelbeat.org].

This information will continue to be updated and overlaps somewhat with the coreutils FAQ [gnu.org], with this list focusing on less frequent potential issues.

Good tips and reminders for those who don't work mostly on the CLI.

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