coreutils-windows.ps1

# Ensure PowerShell is run as Administrator

$CoreUtils = "C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\coreutils.exe"

$commands = @(
    'arch', 'b2sum', 'b3sum', 'base32', 'base64', 'basename', 'basenc', 'cat',
    'cksum', 'comm', 'cp', 'csplit', 'cut', 'date', 'dd', 'df', 'dir',
    'dircolors', 'dirname', 'du', 'echo', 'env', 'expand', 'expr', 'factor',
    'false', 'fmt', 'fold', 'hashsum', 'head', 'hostname', 'join', 'link',
    'ln', 'ls', 'md5sum', 'mkdir', 'mktemp', 'more', 'mv', 'nl', 'nproc',
    'numfmt', 'od', 'paste', 'pr', 'printenv', 'printf', 'ptx', 'pwd',
    'readlink', 'realpath', 'rm', 'rmdir', 'seq', 'sha1sum', 'sha224sum',
    'sha256sum', 'sha3-224sum', 'sha3-256sum', 'sha3-384sum', 'sha3-512sum',
    'sha384sum', 'sha3sum', 'sha512sum', 'shake128sum', 'shake256sum',
    'shred', 'shuf', 'sleep', 'sort', 'split', 'sum', 'sync', 'tac', 'tail',
    'tee', 'test', 'touch', 'tr', 'true', 'truncate', 'tsort', 'uname',
    'unexpand', 'uniq', 'unlink', 'vdir', 'wc', 'whoami', 'yes'
)

#$CommandOutput = & coreutils --list
$LinksDirectory = "C:\tools"

foreach ($CommandName in $commands) {
  Write-Output "creating symbolic link $CommandName"
  $LinkFilePath = Join-Path -Path $LinksDirectory -ChildPath "$CommandName.exe"
  Write-Output "  Link Path: $LinkFilePath"
  Write-Output "  Target: coreutils.exe $CommandName"
  New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $LinkFilePath -Value $CoreUtils -Force -ErrorAction Stop
}