# GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released With Performance Optimizations, New uname Option

DevFeed: [GNU Coreutils 9.12 Released With Performance Optimizations, New uname Option](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/gnu-coreutils-9-12-released-with-performance-optimizations-new-uname-option-17444.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.12>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-14T17:45:05Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [chmod](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chmod.md>), [ls](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ls.md>)

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## AI overview

GNU Coreutils 9.12 fixes recursive traversal failures when files are removed concurrently, adds FailFS and NULLFS support to stat and tail, and introduces new uname labeling options. It also improves performance in cut, uniq, and sort, adds a copy fallback for cp, install, and mv, and includes additional bug fixes and warnings.

## Source excerpt

GNU Coreutils 9.12 released today with a mix of fixes, some new options, and various performance improvements to these widely-used set of core system utilities...