<s>
The	O
GNU	B-Application
Core	I-Application
Utilities	I-Application
or	O
coreutils	B-Application
is	O
a	O
package	B-Application
of	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
software	O
containing	O
implementations	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
tools	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
cat	B-Device
,	O
ls	B-Application
,	O
and	O
rm	B-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
on	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
coreutils	I-Application
were	O
created	O
by	O
merging	O
the	O
earlier	O
packages	O
textutils	B-Application
,	O
shellutils	B-Application
,	O
and	O
fileutils	B-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
miscellaneous	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
coreutils	I-Application
was	O
updated	O
from	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
to	O
GPL-3.0-or-later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNU	B-Application
core	I-Application
utilities	I-Application
support	O
long	O
options	O
as	O
parameters	O
to	O
the	O
commands	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
relaxed	O
convention	O
allowing	O
options	O
even	O
after	O
the	O
regular	O
arguments	O
(	O
unless	O
the	O
environment	O
variable	O
is	O
set	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
the	O
List	B-Device
of	I-Device
GNU	I-Device
Core	I-Device
Utilities	I-Device
commands	I-Device
for	O
a	O
brief	O
description	O
of	O
included	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternative	O
implementation	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
FOSS	B-License
ecosystem	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
slightly	O
different	O
scope	O
and	O
focus	O
,	O
or	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
BusyBox	B-Application
which	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
GPL-2.0-only	B-License
,	O
and	O
Toybox	B-Language
which	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
0BSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
