coreutils 9.11 Released with Performance and Compatibility Enhancements
The GNU project announced coreutils 9.11 on April 20, adding multibyte support to cut, nl and expand, new cut options, zero‑copy I/O in cat and yes for up to 15× speed gains, faster wc and shuf, a new date format, plus numerous bug fixes and stability improvements, with source available on the GNU website.
GNU coreutils 9.11 release
On 20 April, the GNU project released coreutils 9.11, the standard collection of file, shell and text utilities for Unix‑like operating systems.
Key changes
Improved handling of multibyte characters in cut, nl and expand.
Added options -w, -F and -O to cut.
Implemented zero‑copy I/O in cat and yes, delivering up to 15× speed increase.
Performance optimizations for wc and shuf.
Extended date to support a new date format.
Various bug fixes and stability improvements.
Source code and release information are available at https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/.
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