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Anonymous2008-12-14 4:25
Now compare features.
gnu diff/bsd diff: gnu diff has a few extra options that no one ever uses
gnu grep/bsd grep: bsd doesn't support a few completely useless options (-z, -u, --mmap, --include, --exclude, --exclude-from), and some aliases for options that it does support (-d for --directories, -r for -R, --colour for --color)
gnu tar/bsd tar: bsd tar is a lot faster
gnu awk/bsd awk: gnu awk is broken unless you use the --posix option, with --posix it's just a bit slower than bsd awk
gnu sort/bsd sort: bsd sort doesn't support -g and -M, gnu sort doesn't support -R
gnu ls/bsd ls: gnu ls has a few options that no one ever uses (--si, --show-control-chars, etc.)