GNU Core Utilities 8.20 Available for Download

The GNU Core Utilities, the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system, is now at version 8.20.

GNU Core Utilities 8.20 is just a bug fix release and it includes a very important regression fix for cp since 8.11, where cp could corrupt copies on very fragmented sparse input files.

Highlights of GNU Core Utilities 8.20:

• dd now accepts 'status=none' to suppress all informational output;
• nproc now diagnoses with an error, non-option command line parameters;
• Factor's core has been rewritten for speed and increased range;
• seq is now up to 70 times faster than it was in coreutils-8.19 and prior;
• root-only tests now check for permissions of our dummy user;
• Most directories can now be built by using non-recursive make rules.

A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official announcement.

Download GNU Core Utilities 8.20 right now from Softpedia.