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# Access CoreUtils That Conflict With Unix Utilities
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In [another post about GNU CoreUtils](add-a-bunch-of-cli-utilities-with-coreutils.md) I explained how to
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install and use some of the provided utilities. The utilities I referenced were
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`seq` and `realpath` which are novel on MacOS. There are other CoreUtils that
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would conflict with existing system utilities. To avoid the conflicts, [those
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utilities are installed with `g`
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prefix](https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/729136).
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A good example of this is `mv` and `gmv`. These are both utilities for moving
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files and largely behave the same. They are a few subtle differences though.
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Here is the manpage for the built-in `mv` utility:
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```
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NAME
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mv – move files
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SYNOPSIS
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mv [-f | -i | -n] [-hv] source target
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mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
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```
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And here is the manpage for `gmv`:
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```
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NAME
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mv - move (rename) files
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SYNOPSIS
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mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST
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mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
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mv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
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```
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There are some different forms and flags available. `gmv` for instance supports
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a `-t` flag which specifies the _target_ directory so that all other listed
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paths are treated as sources of the move. This makes `gmv` easier to use with
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`xargs`, for instance.
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Look through `fd '^g' /opt/homebrew/bin/` and you'll notice a bunch of them like
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`gls`, `gln`, `ghead`, `gwhoami`, `gyes`, etc. You can also look through all of
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them in the [`coreutils.json` homebrew formula](https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/coreutils.json).
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