gnu_coreutils_mac.sh

# install gnu coreutils via homebrew
# this installs the gnu coreutils with g in front of them
# e.g. gecho
brew install coreutils findutils gnu-tar gnu-sed gawk gnutls gnu-indent gnu-getopt

# -----------------------
# add this to your terminal config file ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
# this overrides the normal commands and maps them on the gnu ones

for a in  "base64  basename  cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot    cksum     comm  cp
          csplit  cut       date      dd    df    dir   dircolors dirname   du    echo
          env     expand    expr      factor      false fmt       fold      groups
          head    hostid    id        install     join  kill      link      ln    logname
          ls      md5sum    mkdir     mkfifo      mknod mktemp    mv        nice  nl
          nohup   nproc     numfmt    od          paste pathchk   pinky     pr    printenv
          printf  ptx       pwd       readlink    realpath        rm        rmdir runcon
          seq     sha1sum   sha224sum sha256sum   sha384sum       sha512sum shred shuf
          sleep   sort      split     stat        stty    sum     sync      tac   tail
          tee     test      timeout   touch       tr      true    truncate  tsort tty
          uname   unexpand  uniq      unlink      uptime  users   vdir  wc  who   whoami
          yes";
do
  alias $a="g${a}";
done;