> On Jan 15, 2018, at 14:46, Vlad Ghitulescu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> What are the GNU Coreutils good for?

They are common Linux utilities of which some BSD equivalents are present on 
macOS.

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html

> Should I install them too? (I've read about the difference in the performance 
> of the various randomizer solutions in the previous cited 
> StackOverflow-threads)
> And if so, how?

homebrew

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/69223/how-to-replace-mac-os-x-utilities-with-gnu-core-utilities

> That means that the "stock macOS" on my Sierra 10.12.6 are older than… what?

:) High Sierra ?

I never used sort -R before, but as I wrote the manual has 2015 as a date and 
Sierra was released in 2016, so I guess Apple saw fit to upgrade sort for High 
Sierra.

Would you mind checking the date at the end of the sort man page on your 
machine?


Jean-Christophe Helary
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