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## `env`

`env` has an additional `-f`/`--file` flag that can parse `.env` files and set
variables accordingly. This feature is adopted from `dotenv` style packages.
GNU `env` allows the empty string to be used as an environment variable name.
This is unsupported by uutils, and it will show a warning on any such
assignment.

`env` has an additional `-f`/`--file` flag that can
parse `.env` files and set variables accordingly. This feature is adopted from `dotenv` style
packages.

## `cp`

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