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GNU coreutils runs on GNU HURD for obvious reasons, for example.

Jörg W Mittag
– Jörg W Mittag

2023-11-05 22:12:11 +00:00
Commented Nov 5, 2023 at 22:12
I edited my answer here to take these things into account. Thanks :)

Justine Krejcha
– Justine Krejcha

2023-11-06 00:44:17 +00:00
Commented Nov 6, 2023 at 0:44
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Thanks! Regarding your last paragraph, many of the tools in coreutils were initially created for BSD (but not part of BSD), and in practice they were used (and saw some development work) on many proprietary Unix systems (SunOS, AIX, HPUX etc.).

Stephen Kitt
– Stephen Kitt

2023-11-06 10:31:34 +00:00
Commented Nov 6, 2023 at 10:31

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