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shepherdjerred on Nov 3, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: M3 Macs: there's more to performance than counting...

> CLI tools/shell is attempting to follow more-or-less standardish unix/linux setup but fails pretty hard, with many of the same commands existing but behaving just differently enough to be annoying.

macOS is UNIX certified and POSIX compliant. You're probably expecting GNU commands, but macOS is based off of FreeBSD (and is not related Linux).

wubrr on Nov 3, 2023 [–]

First of all unix/freebsd/linux are all closely related. Second, macos does not come with current freebsd set of CLI tools, and in fact comes with several very outdated GNU CLI tools.

shepherdjerred on Nov 3, 2023 | [–]

Yes, macOS does include some GNU programs, and both the FreeBSD and GNU programs that it includes are rather outdated.

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