> - didn't check if nixos uses it, but coreutil has a single binary mode (like busybox, a single binary is built and symlinks or hardlinks are used to provide all the commands); that might save some space
It does. If you have coreutils from Nixpkgs installed you can check this with
basename "$(realpath "$(which ls)")"
If you see 'ls', you're looking at separate binaries. If you see 'coreutils', it's a symlink to a singular 'coreutils' binary.
It does. If you have coreutils from Nixpkgs installed you can check this with
If you see 'ls', you're looking at separate binaries. If you see 'coreutils', it's a symlink to a singular 'coreutils' binary.