Create bash functions to call GNU coreutils version of UNIX tools on OSX.
# On OSX, some utilities (tar, sed, etc) are totally outdated. You can
# brew install coreutils to get around this, but the tools are named gsed,
# gtar, etc.
setup_coreutils () {
if [ "`uname -o`" == "Darwin" ]; then
PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" && hash -r
if [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/gln ]; then
printf "On OSX you need GNU coreutils. Please install brew and coreutils.\n\n"
printf " ruby -e \"\$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)\" && sudo brew install coreutils\n\n\n" >&2
exit 2
fi
fi
local prog= binary=
for prog in printf echo date dirname basename readlink \
rm ln tar awk sed sort uniq tail head paste \
cut chown chmod mkdir rmdir seq cat md5sum \
wc kill join split tr; do
binary="`which g${prog} 2>/dev/null`" || binary="`which $prog 2>/dev/null`"
if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$prog" ]; then
echo "Failed to find g$prog or $prog in \$PATH" >&2
exit 2
fi
# Dynamically create function that call the GNU version
eval "$prog () { $binary \"\$@\"; } && export -f $prog"
done
}
setup_coreutils