Command-line tool

moreutils

brew/moreutils

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Collection of tools that nobody wrote when UNIX was young

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install moreutils

Linux

brew install moreutils

Display `stdout` and `stderr` of the specified command if and only if it produces a non-zero exit code or crashes

chronic command option1 option2 ...

Display `stdout` and `stderr` of the specified command if and only if it produces a non-empty `stderr`

chronic -e command option1 option2 ...

Enable [v]erbose mode

chronic -v command option1 option2 ...

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