I want use coreutils for day-to-day work only in cmd

[kzrnm]

Currently, it is inconvenient for workflows where I want to use Unix-like commands in cmd but prefer the standard commands in pwsh.

For example, if I type rm - in pwsh and then press Tab, PowerShell completes options for Remove-Item. However, the command that actually gets executed is rm.exe from coreutils, creating an inconsistency where the completed options do not work as expected.

[a-rookie-of-C-language]

Considering coreutils’s responsibilities, your issue seems like a shell not coreuitls.
In this repo we provide a completely shell includes auto-complete,bash (via rubash, compatible with zsh plugins ,history via reedline
In addition you can set any coreutils like microsoft/coreutils uutils/coreutils or unixwin/winuxcmd

[starfishpatkhoo]

You can just do this for cmd (assuming coreutils is in your %PATH%).

Create a file called coreutils_doskey_macros.txt somewhere with the following:

[=coreutils [ $*
arch=coreutils arch $*
b2sum=coreutils b2sum $*
base32=coreutils base32 $*
base64=coreutils base64 $*
basename=coreutils basename $*
basenc=coreutils basenc $*
cat=coreutils cat $*
cksum=coreutils cksum $*
comm=coreutils comm $*
coreutils-manager=coreutils coreutils-manager $*
cp=coreutils cp $*
csplit=coreutils csplit $*
cut=coreutils cut $*
date=coreutils date $*
df=coreutils df $*
dirname=coreutils dirname $*
du=coreutils du $*
echo=coreutils echo $*
env=coreutils env $*
expr=coreutils expr $*
factor=coreutils factor $*
false=coreutils false $*
find=coreutils find $*
fmt=coreutils fmt $*
fold=coreutils fold $*
grep=coreutils grep $*
head=coreutils head $*
hostname=coreutils hostname $*
join=coreutils join $*
link=coreutils link $*
ln=coreutils ln $*
ls=coreutils ls $*
md5sum=coreutils md5sum $*
mkdir=coreutils mkdir $*
mktemp=coreutils mktemp $*
mv=coreutils mv $*
nl=coreutils nl $*
nproc=coreutils nproc $*
numfmt=coreutils numfmt $*
od=coreutils od $*
paste=coreutils paste $*
pathchk=coreutils pathchk $*
pr=coreutils pr $*
printenv=coreutils printenv $*
printf=coreutils printf $*
ptx=coreutils ptx $*
pwd=coreutils pwd $*
readlink=coreutils readlink $*
realpath=coreutils realpath $*
rm=coreutils rm $*
rmdir=coreutils rmdir $*
seq=coreutils seq $*
sha1sum=coreutils sha1sum $*
sha224sum=coreutils sha224sum $*
sha256sum=coreutils sha256sum $*
sha384sum=coreutils sha384sum $*
sha512sum=coreutils sha512sum $*
shuf=coreutils shuf $*
sleep=coreutils sleep $*
sort=coreutils sort $*
split=coreutils split $*
stat=coreutils stat $*
sum=coreutils sum $*
tac=coreutils tac $*
tail=coreutils tail $*
tee=coreutils tee $*
test=coreutils test $*
touch=coreutils touch $*
tr=coreutils tr $*
true=coreutils true $*
truncate=coreutils truncate $*
tsort=coreutils tsort $*
unexpand=coreutils unexpand $*
uniq=coreutils uniq $*
unlink=coreutils unlink $*
uptime=coreutils uptime $*
wc=coreutils wc $*
xargs=coreutils xargs $*
yes=coreutils yes $*

Then in your cmd startup/init batch file, just add or run the command:

doskey /macrofile=path\to\coreutils_doskey_macros.txt

Feel free to edit/adjust as you require.