Go-Coreutils

A Go implementation of gnu-coreutils programs (https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html)

Installation via Go

Install on any platform using go get:

$ go get github.com/wcygan/go-coreutils

How to run

Once the binary is installed, use the go-coreutils program like so:

$ go-coreutils
A Go implementation of gnu-coreutils programs - https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

Usage:
  go-coreutils [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  du          Disk Usage
  echo        Print a line of text
  help        Help about any command
  ls          List directory contents
  ping        Tests the reachability of a host on a network
  pwd         Print working directory
  tree        Display a directory tree
  whoami      Print effective user name
  yes         Repeats the provided text until interrupted

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for go-coreutils

Use "go-coreutils [command] --help" for more information about a command.

You can execute a subcommand like tree in the following way:

$ go-coreutils tree
.
├── LICENSE
├── cmd
│   ├── common.go
│   ├── du.go
│   ├── echo.go
│   ├── ls.go
│   ├── ping.go
│   ├── pwd.go
│   ├── root.go
│   ├── tree.go
│   ├── whoami.go
│   └── yes.go
├── constants
│   └── shared_constants.go
├── du
│   └── du.go
├── echo
│   ├── echo.go
│   └── echo_test.go
├── gco
├── go.mod
├── go.sum
├── ls
│   ├── ls.go
│   └── ls_test.go
├── main.go
├── ping
│   └── ping.go
├── pwd
│   ├── pwd.go
│   └── pwd_test.go
├── readme.md
├── tree
│   ├── testdir
│   │   ├── a
│   │   │   └── apple
│   │   ├── b
│   │   │   └── banana
│   │   ├── bar
│   │   ├── baz
│   │   ├── c
│   │   │   └── orange
│   │   └── foo
│   └── tree.go
├── whoami
│   ├── whoami.go
│   └── whoami_test.go
└── yes
    └── yes.go

Add a command using Cobra

Make sure you have the Cobra generator (Install, Docs) installed.

With the Cobra generator you can initialize the Cobra framework, add commands & subcommands, and more.

$ cobra init
$ cobra add <command>
$ cobra add <command> <subcommand>