gnu-mode

This will let you (on MacOS, with zsh) switch to gnu-mode where gnu core-utils (without "g" prefix) are available.

Requirements

• homebrew
• coreutils homebrew package
• gnu-sed homebrew package

Setup

• install homebrew if you haven't. https://brew.sh
• install coreutils
  • brew install coreutils
• install gnu-sed
  • brew install gnu-sed
• Put gnu-mode script somewhere on your $PATH.

Caveats

This works best, if in your .zshrc, you set your $PATH pretty early like the below. This is because the gnubin path will be at the front of the already set $PATH.

export PATH=/Users/danny/bin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/danny/src/go/bin:$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:$HOME/.tfenv/bin:/usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:~/.iterm2/:/usr/local/opt/openssl/bin

We also call zsh with -d as this avoids /etc/zprofile and further messing with the $PATH further.