diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index d7dd4ad97..4f92d7d73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ env:
   PROJECT_DESC: "Core universal (cross-platform) utilities"
   PROJECT_AUTH: "uutils"
   RUST_MIN_SRV: "1.47.0" ## MSRV v1.47.0
-  RUST_COV_SRV: "2021-05-06" ## (~v1.52.0) supported rust version for code coverage; (date required/used by 'coverage') ## !maint: refactor when code coverage support is included in the stable channel
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
@@ -606,7 +605,7 @@ jobs:
         ## VARs setup
         outputs() { step_id="vars"; for var in "$@" ; do echo steps.${step_id}.outputs.${var}="${!var}"; echo ::set-output name=${var}::${!var}; done; }
         # toolchain
-        TOOLCHAIN="nightly-${{ env.RUST_COV_SRV }}" ## default to "nightly" toolchain (required for certain required unstable compiler flags) ## !maint: refactor when stable channel has needed support
+        TOOLCHAIN="nightly" ## default to "nightly" toolchain (required for certain required unstable compiler flags) ## !maint: refactor when stable channel has needed support
         # * specify gnu-type TOOLCHAIN for windows; `grcov` requires gnu-style code coverage data files
         case ${{ matrix.job.os }} in windows-*) TOOLCHAIN="$TOOLCHAIN-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu" ;; esac;
         # * use requested TOOLCHAIN if specified
diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt
index 34abfc511..089adffa3 100644
--- a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/jargon.wordlist.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+AFAICT
 arity
 autogenerate
 autogenerated
diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/shell.wordlist.txt b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/shell.wordlist.txt
index 07c2364ac..4ed281efb 100644
--- a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/shell.wordlist.txt
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/shell.wordlist.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ csh
 globstar
 inotify
 localtime
+mksh
 mountinfo
 mountpoint
 mtab
diff --git a/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs b/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
index d37da578e..a077ab7a4 100644
--- a/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chgrp/src/chgrp.rs
@@ -11,46 +11,16 @@
 extern crate uucore;
 pub use uucore::entries;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::perms::{
-    ChownExecutor, IfFrom, Verbosity, VerbosityLevel, FTS_COMFOLLOW, FTS_LOGICAL, FTS_PHYSICAL,
-};
+use uucore::perms::{chown_base, options, IfFrom};
 
-use clap::{App, Arg};
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
-use uucore::InvalidEncodingHandling;
-
 static ABOUT: &str = "Change the group of each FILE to GROUP.";
 static VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
-pub mod options {
-    pub mod verbosity {
-        pub static CHANGES: &str = "changes";
-        pub static QUIET: &str = "quiet";
-        pub static SILENT: &str = "silent";
-        pub static VERBOSE: &str = "verbose";
-    }
-    pub mod preserve_root {
-        pub static PRESERVE: &str = "preserve-root";
-        pub static NO_PRESERVE: &str = "no-preserve-root";
-    }
-    pub mod dereference {
-        pub static DEREFERENCE: &str = "dereference";
-        pub static NO_DEREFERENCE: &str = "no-dereference";
-    }
-    pub static RECURSIVE: &str = "recursive";
-    pub mod traverse {
-        pub static TRAVERSE: &str = "H";
-        pub static NO_TRAVERSE: &str = "P";
-        pub static EVERY: &str = "L";
-    }
-    pub static REFERENCE: &str = "reference";
-    pub static ARG_GROUP: &str = "GROUP";
-    pub static ARG_FILES: &str = "FILE";
-}
-
 fn get_usage() -> String {
     format!(
         "{0} [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...\n    {0} [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...",
@@ -58,101 +28,7 @@ fn get_usage() -> String {
     )
 }
 
-#[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
-pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
-    let args = args
-        .collect_str(InvalidEncodingHandling::ConvertLossy)
-        .accept_any();
-
-    let usage = get_usage();
-
-    let mut app = uu_app().usage(&usage[..]);
-
-    // we change the positional args based on whether
-    // --reference was used.
-    let mut reference = false;
-    let mut help = false;
-    // stop processing options on --
-    for arg in args.iter().take_while(|s| *s != "--") {
-        if arg.starts_with("--reference=") || arg == "--reference" {
-            reference = true;
-        } else if arg == "--help" {
-            // we stop processing once we see --help,
-            // as it doesn't matter if we've seen reference or not
-            help = true;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if help || !reference {
-        // add both positional arguments
-        app = app.arg(
-            Arg::with_name(options::ARG_GROUP)
-                .value_name(options::ARG_GROUP)
-                .required(true)
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .multiple(false),
-        )
-    }
-    app = app.arg(
-        Arg::with_name(options::ARG_FILES)
-            .value_name(options::ARG_FILES)
-            .multiple(true)
-            .takes_value(true)
-            .required(true)
-            .min_values(1),
-    );
-
-    let matches = app.get_matches_from(args);
-
-    /* Get the list of files */
-    let files: Vec<String> = matches
-        .values_of(options::ARG_FILES)
-        .map(|v| v.map(ToString::to_string).collect())
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-
-    let preserve_root = matches.is_present(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE);
-
-    let mut derefer = if matches.is_present(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE) {
-        1
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
-        0
-    } else {
-        -1
-    };
-
-    let mut bit_flag = if matches.is_present(options::traverse::TRAVERSE) {
-        FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::traverse::EVERY) {
-        FTS_LOGICAL
-    } else {
-        FTS_PHYSICAL
-    };
-
-    let recursive = matches.is_present(options::RECURSIVE);
-    if recursive {
-        if bit_flag == FTS_PHYSICAL {
-            if derefer == 1 {
-                return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "-R --dereference requires -H or -L"));
-            }
-            derefer = 0;
-        }
-    } else {
-        bit_flag = FTS_PHYSICAL;
-    }
-
-    let verbosity_level = if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::CHANGES) {
-        VerbosityLevel::Changes
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::SILENT)
-        || matches.is_present(options::verbosity::QUIET)
-    {
-        VerbosityLevel::Silent
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::VERBOSE) {
-        VerbosityLevel::Verbose
-    } else {
-        VerbosityLevel::Normal
-    };
-
+fn parse_gid_and_uid(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>, IfFrom)> {
     let dest_gid = if let Some(file) = matches.value_of(options::REFERENCE) {
         fs::metadata(&file)
             .map(|meta| Some(meta.gid()))
@@ -168,22 +44,20 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             }
         }
     };
+    Ok((dest_gid, None, IfFrom::All))
+}
 
-    let executor = ChownExecutor {
-        bit_flag,
-        dest_gid,
-        verbosity: Verbosity {
-            groups_only: true,
-            level: verbosity_level,
-        },
-        recursive,
-        dereference: derefer != 0,
-        preserve_root,
-        files,
-        filter: IfFrom::All,
-        dest_uid: None,
-    };
-    executor.exec()
+#[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
+pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
+    let usage = get_usage();
+
+    chown_base(
+        uu_app().usage(&usage[..]),
+        args,
+        options::ARG_GROUP,
+        parse_gid_and_uid,
+        true,
+    )
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
diff --git a/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs b/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs
index 06f0c6a32..4abb9ac61 100644
--- a/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chown/src/chown.rs
@@ -10,49 +10,17 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 pub use uucore::entries::{self, Group, Locate, Passwd};
-use uucore::perms::{
-    ChownExecutor, IfFrom, Verbosity, VerbosityLevel, FTS_COMFOLLOW, FTS_LOGICAL, FTS_PHYSICAL,
-};
+use uucore::perms::{chown_base, options, IfFrom};
 
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
 
-use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg};
+use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 
 use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 
-use uucore::InvalidEncodingHandling;
-
 static ABOUT: &str = "change file owner and group";
 
-pub mod options {
-    pub mod verbosity {
-        pub static CHANGES: &str = "changes";
-        pub static QUIET: &str = "quiet";
-        pub static SILENT: &str = "silent";
-        pub static VERBOSE: &str = "verbose";
-    }
-    pub mod preserve_root {
-        pub static PRESERVE: &str = "preserve-root";
-        pub static NO_PRESERVE: &str = "no-preserve-root";
-    }
-    pub mod dereference {
-        pub static DEREFERENCE: &str = "dereference";
-        pub static NO_DEREFERENCE: &str = "no-dereference";
-    }
-    pub static FROM: &str = "from";
-    pub static RECURSIVE: &str = "recursive";
-    pub mod traverse {
-        pub static TRAVERSE: &str = "H";
-        pub static NO_TRAVERSE: &str = "P";
-        pub static EVERY: &str = "L";
-    }
-    pub static REFERENCE: &str = "reference";
-}
-
-static ARG_OWNER: &str = "owner";
-static ARG_FILES: &str = "files";
-
 fn get_usage() -> String {
     format!(
         "{0} [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...\n{0} [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...",
@@ -60,65 +28,7 @@ fn get_usage() -> String {
     )
 }
 
-#[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
-pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
-    let args = args
-        .collect_str(InvalidEncodingHandling::Ignore)
-        .accept_any();
-
-    let usage = get_usage();
-
-    let matches = uu_app().usage(&usage[..]).get_matches_from(args);
-
-    /* First arg is the owner/group */
-    let owner = matches.value_of(ARG_OWNER).unwrap();
-
-    /* Then the list of files */
-    let files: Vec<String> = matches
-        .values_of(ARG_FILES)
-        .map(|v| v.map(ToString::to_string).collect())
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-
-    let preserve_root = matches.is_present(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE);
-
-    let mut derefer = if matches.is_present(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
-        1
-    } else {
-        0
-    };
-
-    let mut bit_flag = if matches.is_present(options::traverse::TRAVERSE) {
-        FTS_COMFOLLOW | FTS_PHYSICAL
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::traverse::EVERY) {
-        FTS_LOGICAL
-    } else {
-        FTS_PHYSICAL
-    };
-
-    let recursive = matches.is_present(options::RECURSIVE);
-    if recursive {
-        if bit_flag == FTS_PHYSICAL {
-            if derefer == 1 {
-                return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "-R --dereference requires -H or -L"));
-            }
-            derefer = 0;
-        }
-    } else {
-        bit_flag = FTS_PHYSICAL;
-    }
-
-    let verbosity = if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::CHANGES) {
-        VerbosityLevel::Changes
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::SILENT)
-        || matches.is_present(options::verbosity::QUIET)
-    {
-        VerbosityLevel::Silent
-    } else if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::VERBOSE) {
-        VerbosityLevel::Verbose
-    } else {
-        VerbosityLevel::Normal
-    };
-
+fn parse_gid_uid_and_filter(matches: &ArgMatches) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>, IfFrom)> {
     let filter = if let Some(spec) = matches.value_of(options::FROM) {
         match parse_spec(spec)? {
             (Some(uid), None) => IfFrom::User(uid),
@@ -138,25 +48,24 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         dest_gid = Some(meta.gid());
         dest_uid = Some(meta.uid());
     } else {
-        let (u, g) = parse_spec(owner)?;
+        let (u, g) = parse_spec(matches.value_of(options::ARG_OWNER).unwrap())?;
         dest_uid = u;
         dest_gid = g;
     }
-    let executor = ChownExecutor {
-        bit_flag,
-        dest_uid,
-        dest_gid,
-        verbosity: Verbosity {
-            groups_only: false,
-            level: verbosity,
-        },
-        recursive,
-        dereference: derefer != 0,
-        filter,
-        preserve_root,
-        files,
-    };
-    executor.exec()
+    Ok((dest_gid, dest_uid, filter))
+}
+
+#[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
+pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
+    let usage = get_usage();
+
+    chown_base(
+        uu_app().usage(&usage[..]),
+        args,
+        options::ARG_OWNER,
+        parse_gid_uid_and_filter,
+        false,
+    )
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
@@ -169,22 +78,31 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                 .long(options::verbosity::CHANGES)
                 .help("like verbose but report only when a change is made"),
         )
-        .arg(Arg::with_name(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE).long(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE).help(
-            "affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself",
-        ))
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE)
+                .long(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE)
+                .help(
+                    "affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), \
+                    rather than the symbolic link itself",
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE)
                 .short("h")
                 .long(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE)
                 .help(
-                    "affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)",
+                    "affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file \
+                    (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)",
                 ),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name(options::FROM)
                 .long(options::FROM)
                 .help(
-                    "change the owner and/or group of each file only if its current owner and/or group match those specified here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match is not required for the omitted attribute",
+                    "change the owner and/or group of each file only if its \
+                    current owner and/or group match those specified here. \
+                    Either may be omitted, in which case a match is not required \
+                    for the omitted attribute",
                 )
                 .value_name("CURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP"),
         )
@@ -216,7 +134,11 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
                 .value_name("RFILE")
                 .min_values(1),
         )
-        .arg(Arg::with_name(options::verbosity::SILENT).short("f").long(options::verbosity::SILENT))
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name(options::verbosity::SILENT)
+                .short("f")
+                .long(options::verbosity::SILENT),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name(options::traverse::TRAVERSE)
                 .short(options::traverse::TRAVERSE)
@@ -238,21 +160,9 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
                 .long(options::verbosity::VERBOSE)
+                .short("v")
                 .help("output a diagnostic for every file processed"),
         )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(ARG_OWNER)
-                .multiple(false)
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .required(true),
-        )
-        .arg(
-            Arg::with_name(ARG_FILES)
-                .multiple(true)
-                .takes_value(true)
-                .required(true)
-                .min_values(1),
-        )
 }
 
 fn parse_spec(spec: &str) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>)> {
diff --git a/src/uu/join/src/join.rs b/src/uu/join/src/join.rs
index d108a08ef..ae991489f 100644
--- a/src/uu/join/src/join.rs
+++ b/src/uu/join/src/join.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern crate uucore;
 
 use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg};
-use std::cmp::{min, Ordering};
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{stdin, BufRead, BufReader, Lines, Stdin};
 
@@ -102,17 +102,12 @@ impl<'a> Repr<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Print each field except the one at the index.
-    fn print_fields(&self, line: &Line, index: usize, max_fields: Option<usize>) {
-        for i in 0..min(max_fields.unwrap_or(usize::max_value()), line.fields.len()) {
+    fn print_fields(&self, line: &Line, index: usize) {
+        for i in 0..line.fields.len() {
             if i != index {
                 print!("{}{}", self.separator, line.fields[i]);
             }
         }
-        if let Some(n) = max_fields {
-            for _ in line.fields.len()..n {
-                print!("{}", self.separator)
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     /// Print each field or the empty filler if the field is not set.
@@ -233,7 +228,6 @@ struct State<'a> {
     print_unpaired: bool,
     lines: Lines<Box<dyn BufRead + 'a>>,
     seq: Vec<Line>,
-    max_fields: Option<usize>,
     line_num: usize,
     has_failed: bool,
 }
@@ -262,7 +256,6 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             print_unpaired,
             lines: f.lines(),
             seq: Vec::new(),
-            max_fields: None,
             line_num: 0,
             has_failed: false,
         }
@@ -329,8 +322,8 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                     });
                 } else {
                     repr.print_field(key);
-                    repr.print_fields(line1, self.key, self.max_fields);
-                    repr.print_fields(line2, other.key, other.max_fields);
+                    repr.print_fields(line1, self.key);
+                    repr.print_fields(line2, other.key);
                 }
 
                 println!();
@@ -361,14 +354,15 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
         !self.seq.is_empty()
     }
 
-    fn initialize(&mut self, read_sep: Sep, autoformat: bool) {
+    fn initialize(&mut self, read_sep: Sep, autoformat: bool) -> usize {
         if let Some(line) = self.read_line(read_sep) {
-            if autoformat {
-                self.max_fields = Some(line.fields.len());
-            }
-
             self.seq.push(line);
+
+            if autoformat {
+                return self.seq[0].fields.len();
+            }
         }
+        0
     }
 
     fn finalize(&mut self, input: &Input, repr: &Repr) {
@@ -431,7 +425,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
             });
         } else {
             repr.print_field(line.get_field(self.key));
-            repr.print_fields(line, self.key, self.max_fields);
+            repr.print_fields(line, self.key);
         }
 
         println!();
@@ -512,7 +506,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
         crash!(1, "both files cannot be standard input");
     }
 
-    exec(file1, file2, &settings)
+    exec(file1, file2, settings)
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
@@ -622,7 +616,7 @@ FILENUM is 1 or 2, corresponding to FILE1 or FILE2",
         )
 }
 
-fn exec(file1: &str, file2: &str, settings: &Settings) -> i32 {
+fn exec(file1: &str, file2: &str, settings: Settings) -> i32 {
     let stdin = stdin();
 
     let mut state1 = State::new(
@@ -647,18 +641,34 @@ fn exec(file1: &str, file2: &str, settings: &Settings) -> i32 {
         settings.check_order,
     );
 
+    let format = if settings.autoformat {
+        let mut format = vec![Spec::Key];
+        let mut initialize = |state: &mut State| {
+            let max_fields = state.initialize(settings.separator, settings.autoformat);
+            for i in 0..max_fields {
+                if i != state.key {
+                    format.push(Spec::Field(state.file_num, i));
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        initialize(&mut state1);
+        initialize(&mut state2);
+        format
+    } else {
+        state1.initialize(settings.separator, settings.autoformat);
+        state2.initialize(settings.separator, settings.autoformat);
+        settings.format
+    };
+
     let repr = Repr::new(
         match settings.separator {
             Sep::Char(sep) => sep,
             _ => ' ',
         },
-        &settings.format,
+        &format,
         &settings.empty,
     );
 
-    state1.initialize(settings.separator, settings.autoformat);
-    state2.initialize(settings.separator, settings.autoformat);
-
     if settings.headers {
         state1.print_headers(&state2, &repr);
         state1.reset_read_line(&input);
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 3d957474c..fcb0b28ff 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use lscolors::LsColors;
 use number_prefix::NumberPrefix;
 use once_cell::unsync::OnceCell;
 use quoting_style::{escape_name, QuotingStyle};
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use std::os::windows::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::{
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ struct LongFormat {
 
 impl Config {
     #[allow(clippy::cognitive_complexity)]
-    fn from(options: clap::ArgMatches) -> UResult<Config> {
+    fn from(options: &clap::ArgMatches) -> UResult<Config> {
         let (mut format, opt) = if let Some(format_) = options.value_of(options::FORMAT) {
             (
                 match format_ {
@@ -428,11 +429,10 @@ impl Config {
         #[allow(clippy::needless_bool)]
         let show_control = if options.is_present(options::HIDE_CONTROL_CHARS) {
             false
-        } else if options.is_present(options::SHOW_CONTROL_CHARS) || atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout)
-        {
+        } else if options.is_present(options::SHOW_CONTROL_CHARS) {
             true
         } else {
-            false
+            !atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout)
         };
 
         let quoting_style = if let Some(style) = options.value_of(options::QUOTING_STYLE) {
@@ -599,22 +599,19 @@ impl Config {
 
 #[uucore_procs::gen_uumain]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
-    let args = args
-        .collect_str(InvalidEncodingHandling::Ignore)
-        .accept_any();
-
     let usage = usage();
 
     let app = uu_app().usage(&usage[..]);
 
     let matches = app.get_matches_from(args);
 
+    let config = Config::from(&matches)?;
     let locs = matches
-        .values_of(options::PATHS)
-        .map(|v| v.map(ToString::to_string).collect())
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![String::from(".")]);
+        .values_of_os(options::PATHS)
+        .map(|v| v.map(Path::new).collect())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![Path::new(".")]);
 
-    list(locs, Config::from(matches)?)
+    list(locs, config)
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
@@ -1177,7 +1174,7 @@ struct PathData {
     md: OnceCell<Option<Metadata>>,
     ft: OnceCell<Option<FileType>>,
     // Name of the file - will be empty for . or ..
-    display_name: String,
+    display_name: OsString,
     // PathBuf that all above data corresponds to
     p_buf: PathBuf,
     must_dereference: bool,
@@ -1187,7 +1184,7 @@ impl PathData {
     fn new(
         p_buf: PathBuf,
         file_type: Option<std::io::Result<FileType>>,
-        file_name: Option<String>,
+        file_name: Option<OsString>,
         config: &Config,
         command_line: bool,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -1195,16 +1192,13 @@ impl PathData {
         // For '..', the filename is None
         let display_name = if let Some(name) = file_name {
             name
+        } else if command_line {
+            p_buf.clone().into()
         } else {
-            let display_os_str = if command_line {
-                p_buf.as_os_str()
-            } else {
-                p_buf
-                    .file_name()
-                    .unwrap_or_else(|| p_buf.iter().next_back().unwrap())
-            };
-
-            display_os_str.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
+            p_buf
+                .file_name()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| p_buf.iter().next_back().unwrap())
+                .to_owned()
         };
         let must_dereference = match &config.dereference {
             Dereference::All => true,
@@ -1249,14 +1243,14 @@ impl PathData {
     }
 }
 
-fn list(locs: Vec<String>, config: Config) -> UResult<()> {
+fn list(locs: Vec<&Path>, config: Config) -> UResult<()> {
     let mut files = Vec::<PathData>::new();
     let mut dirs = Vec::<PathData>::new();
 
     let mut out = BufWriter::new(stdout());
 
     for loc in &locs {
-        let p = PathBuf::from(&loc);
+        let p = PathBuf::from(loc);
         let path_data = PathData::new(p, None, None, &config, true);
 
         if path_data.md().is_none() {
@@ -1286,6 +1280,7 @@ fn list(locs: Vec<String>, config: Config) -> UResult<()> {
     sort_entries(&mut dirs, &config);
     for dir in dirs {
         if locs.len() > 1 || config.recursive {
+            // FIXME: This should use the quoting style and propagate errors
             let _ = writeln!(out, "\n{}:", dir.p_buf.display());
         }
         enter_directory(&dir, &config, &mut out);
@@ -1394,14 +1389,17 @@ fn get_metadata(entry: &Path, dereference: bool) -> std::io::Result<Metadata> {
     }
 }
 
-fn display_dir_entry_size(entry: &PathData, config: &Config) -> (usize, usize) {
+fn display_dir_entry_size(entry: &PathData, config: &Config) -> (usize, usize, usize, usize) {
+    // TODO: Cache/memoize the display_* results so we don't have to recalculate them.
     if let Some(md) = entry.md() {
         (
             display_symlink_count(md).len(),
+            display_uname(md, config).len(),
+            display_group(md, config).len(),
             display_size_or_rdev(md, config).len(),
         )
     } else {
-        (0, 0)
+        (0, 0, 0, 0)
     }
 }
 
@@ -1409,15 +1407,28 @@ fn pad_left(string: String, count: usize) -> String {
     format!("{:>width$}", string, width = count)
 }
 
+fn pad_right(string: String, count: usize) -> String {
+    format!("{:<width$}", string, width = count)
+}
+
 fn display_items(items: &[PathData], config: &Config, out: &mut BufWriter<Stdout>) {
     if config.format == Format::Long {
-        let (mut max_links, mut max_width) = (1, 1);
+        let (
+            mut longest_link_count_len,
+            mut longest_uname_len,
+            mut longest_group_len,
+            mut longest_size_len,
+        ) = (1, 1, 1, 1);
         let mut total_size = 0;
 
         for item in items {
-            let (links, width) = display_dir_entry_size(item, config);
-            max_links = links.max(max_links);
-            max_width = width.max(max_width);
+            let (link_count_len, uname_len, group_len, size_len) =
+                display_dir_entry_size(item, config);
+            longest_link_count_len = link_count_len.max(longest_link_count_len);
+            longest_size_len = size_len.max(longest_size_len);
+            longest_uname_len = uname_len.max(longest_uname_len);
+            longest_group_len = group_len.max(longest_group_len);
+            longest_size_len = size_len.max(longest_size_len);
             total_size += item.md().map_or(0, |md| get_block_size(md, config));
         }
 
@@ -1426,7 +1437,15 @@ fn display_items(items: &[PathData], config: &Config, out: &mut BufWriter<Stdout
         }
 
         for item in items {
-            display_item_long(item, max_links, max_width, config, out);
+            display_item_long(
+                item,
+                longest_link_count_len,
+                longest_uname_len,
+                longest_group_len,
+                longest_size_len,
+                config,
+                out,
+            );
         }
     } else {
         let names = items.iter().filter_map(|i| display_file_name(i, config));
@@ -1531,10 +1550,48 @@ fn display_grid(
     }
 }
 
+/// This writes to the BufWriter out a single string of the output of `ls -l`.
+///
+/// It writes the following keys, in order:
+/// * `inode` ([`get_inode`], config-optional)
+/// * `permissions` ([`display_permissions`])
+/// * `symlink_count` ([`display_symlink_count`])
+/// * `owner` ([`display_uname`], config-optional)
+/// * `group` ([`display_group`], config-optional)
+/// * `author` ([`display_uname`], config-optional)
+/// * `size / rdev` ([`display_size_or_rdev`])
+/// * `system_time` ([`get_system_time`])
+/// * `file_name` ([`display_file_name`])
+///
+/// This function needs to display information in columns:
+/// * permissions and system_time are already guaranteed to be pre-formatted in fixed length.
+/// * file_name is the last column and is left-aligned.
+/// * Everything else needs to be padded using [`pad_left`].
+///
+/// That's why we have the parameters:
+/// ```txt
+///    max_links: usize,
+///    longest_uname_len: usize,
+///    longest_group_len: usize,
+///    max_size: usize,
+/// ```
+/// that decide the maximum possible character count of each field.
+///
+/// [`get_inode`]: ls::get_inode
+/// [`display_permissions`]: ls::display_permissions
+/// [`display_symlink_count`]: ls::display_symlink_count
+/// [`display_uname`]: ls::display_uname
+/// [`display_group`]: ls::display_group
+/// [`display_size_or_rdev`]: ls::display_size_or_rdev
+/// [`get_system_time`]: ls::get_system_time
+/// [`display_file_name`]: ls::display_file_name
+/// [`pad_left`]: ls::pad_left
 fn display_item_long(
     item: &PathData,
-    max_links: usize,
-    max_size: usize,
+    longest_link_count_len: usize,
+    longest_uname_len: usize,
+    longest_group_len: usize,
+    longest_size_len: usize,
     config: &Config,
     out: &mut BufWriter<Stdout>,
 ) {
@@ -1557,27 +1614,39 @@ fn display_item_long(
         out,
         "{} {}",
         display_permissions(md, true),
-        pad_left(display_symlink_count(md), max_links),
+        pad_left(display_symlink_count(md), longest_link_count_len),
     );
 
     if config.long.owner {
-        let _ = write!(out, " {}", display_uname(md, config));
+        let _ = write!(
+            out,
+            " {}",
+            pad_right(display_uname(md, config), longest_uname_len)
+        );
     }
 
     if config.long.group {
-        let _ = write!(out, " {}", display_group(md, config));
+        let _ = write!(
+            out,
+            " {}",
+            pad_right(display_group(md, config), longest_group_len)
+        );
     }
 
     // Author is only different from owner on GNU/Hurd, so we reuse
     // the owner, since GNU/Hurd is not currently supported by Rust.
     if config.long.author {
-        let _ = write!(out, " {}", display_uname(md, config));
+        let _ = write!(
+            out,
+            " {}",
+            pad_right(display_uname(md, config), longest_uname_len)
+        );
     }
 
     let _ = writeln!(
         out,
         " {} {} {}",
-        pad_left(display_size_or_rdev(md, config), max_size),
+        pad_left(display_size_or_rdev(md, config), longest_size_len),
         display_date(md, config),
         // unwrap is fine because it fails when metadata is not available
         // but we already know that it is because it's checked at the
@@ -1597,7 +1666,6 @@ fn get_inode(metadata: &Metadata) -> String {
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::entries;
-use uucore::InvalidEncodingHandling;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 fn cached_uid2usr(uid: u32) -> String {
diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
index 9f075afff..149733cf9 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::char::from_digit;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 
 // These are characters with special meaning in the shell (e.g. bash).
 // The first const contains characters that only have a special meaning when they appear at the beginning of a name.
@@ -255,19 +256,21 @@ fn shell_with_escape(name: &str, quotes: Quotes) -> (String, bool) {
     (escaped_str, must_quote)
 }
 
-pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &str, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
+pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &OsStr, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
     match style {
         QuotingStyle::Literal { show_control } => {
             if !show_control {
-                name.chars()
+                name.to_string_lossy()
+                    .chars()
                     .flat_map(|c| EscapedChar::new_literal(c).hide_control())
                     .collect()
             } else {
-                name.into()
+                name.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
             }
         }
         QuotingStyle::C { quotes } => {
             let escaped_str: String = name
+                .to_string_lossy()
                 .chars()
                 .flat_map(|c| EscapedChar::new_c(c, *quotes))
                 .collect();
@@ -283,6 +286,7 @@ pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &str, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
             always_quote,
             show_control,
         } => {
+            let name = name.to_string_lossy();
             let (quotes, must_quote) = if name.contains(&['"', '`', '$', '\\'][..]) {
                 (Quotes::Single, true)
             } else if name.contains('\'') {
@@ -294,9 +298,9 @@ pub(super) fn escape_name(name: &str, style: &QuotingStyle) -> String {
             };
 
             let (escaped_str, contains_quote_chars) = if *escape {
-                shell_with_escape(name, quotes)
+                shell_with_escape(&name, quotes)
             } else {
-                shell_without_escape(name, quotes, *show_control)
+                shell_without_escape(&name, quotes, *show_control)
             };
 
             match (must_quote | contains_quote_chars, quotes) {
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn check_names(name: &str, map: Vec<(&str, &str)>) {
         assert_eq!(
             map.iter()
-                .map(|(_, style)| escape_name(name, &get_style(style)))
+                .map(|(_, style)| escape_name(name.as_ref(), &get_style(style)))
                 .collect::<Vec<String>>(),
             map.iter()
                 .map(|(correct, _)| correct.to_string())
diff --git a/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs b/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs
index e8f0c0013..1138dba8e 100644
--- a/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/pwd/src/pwd.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ extern crate uucore;
 
 use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg};
 use std::env;
-use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::io;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+use uucore::display::println_verbatim;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult};
 
 static ABOUT: &str = "Display the full filename of the current working directory.";
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ fn logical_path() -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
     // POSIX: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pwd.html
     #[cfg(not(windows))]
     {
+        use std::path::Path;
         fn looks_reasonable(path: &Path) -> bool {
             // First, check if it's an absolute path.
             if !path.has_root() {
@@ -148,30 +150,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         .map(Into::into)
         .unwrap_or(cwd);
 
-    print_path(&cwd).map_err_context(|| "failed to print current directory".to_owned())?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn print_path(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-    let stdout = io::stdout();
-    let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
-
-    // On Unix we print non-lossily.
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    {
-        use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
-        stdout.write_all(path.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
-        stdout.write_all(b"\n")?;
-    }
-
-    // On other platforms we potentially mangle it.
-    // There might be some clever way to do it correctly on Windows, but
-    // invalid unicode in filenames is rare there.
-    #[cfg(not(unix))]
-    {
-        writeln!(stdout, "{}", path.display())?;
-    }
+    println_verbatim(&cwd).map_err_context(|| "failed to print current directory".to_owned())?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs b/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs
index d8cad0421..f982cf4c3 100644
--- a/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs
+++ b/src/uu/rmdir/src/rmdir.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use clap::{crate_version, App, Arg};
 use std::fs::{read_dir, remove_dir};
 use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
+use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{set_exit_code, strip_errno, UResult};
 use uucore::util_name;
 
@@ -77,27 +78,23 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                     Ok(path.metadata()?.file_type().is_dir())
                 }
 
-                let path = path.as_os_str().as_bytes();
-                if error.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENOTDIR) && path.ends_with(b"/") {
+                let bytes = path.as_os_str().as_bytes();
+                if error.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::ENOTDIR) && bytes.ends_with(b"/") {
                     // Strip the trailing slash or .symlink_metadata() will follow the symlink
-                    let path: &Path = OsStr::from_bytes(&path[..path.len() - 1]).as_ref();
-                    if is_symlink(path).unwrap_or(false)
-                        && points_to_directory(path).unwrap_or(true)
+                    let no_slash: &Path = OsStr::from_bytes(&bytes[..bytes.len() - 1]).as_ref();
+                    if is_symlink(no_slash).unwrap_or(false)
+                        && points_to_directory(no_slash).unwrap_or(true)
                     {
                         show_error!(
-                            "failed to remove '{}/': Symbolic link not followed",
-                            path.display()
+                            "failed to remove {}: Symbolic link not followed",
+                            path.quote()
                         );
                         continue;
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            show_error!(
-                "failed to remove '{}': {}",
-                path.display(),
-                strip_errno(&error)
-            );
+            show_error!("failed to remove {}: {}", path.quote(), strip_errno(&error));
         }
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ fn remove(mut path: &Path, opts: Opts) -> Result<(), Error<'_>> {
 
 fn remove_single(path: &Path, opts: Opts) -> Result<(), Error<'_>> {
     if opts.verbose {
-        println!("{}: removing directory, '{}'", util_name(), path.display());
+        println!("{}: removing directory, {}", util_name(), path.quote());
     }
     remove_dir(path).map_err(|error| Error { error, path })
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
index 01c3d8fdc..6917eb137 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
+use uucore::display::{Quotable, Quoted};
+
 /// The minimum character width for formatting counts when reading from stdin.
 const MINIMUM_WIDTH: usize = 7;
 
@@ -122,10 +124,10 @@ impl Input {
         }
     }
 
-    fn path_display(&self) -> std::path::Display<'_> {
+    fn path_display(&self) -> Quoted<'_> {
         match self {
-            Input::Path(path) => path.display(),
-            Input::Stdin(_) => Path::display("'standard input'".as_ref()),
+            Input::Path(path) => path.maybe_quote(),
+            Input::Stdin(_) => "standard input".maybe_quote(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -448,7 +450,10 @@ fn wc(inputs: Vec<Input>, settings: &Settings) -> Result<(), u32> {
         if let Err(err) = print_stats(settings, &result, max_width) {
             show_warning!(
                 "failed to print result for {}: {}",
-                result.title.unwrap_or_else(|| "<stdin>".as_ref()).display(),
+                result
+                    .title
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "<stdin>".as_ref())
+                    .maybe_quote(),
                 err
             );
             failure = true;
@@ -526,7 +531,7 @@ fn print_stats(
     }
 
     if let Some(title) = result.title {
-        writeln!(stdout_lock, " {}", title.display())?;
+        writeln!(stdout_lock, " {}", title.maybe_quote())?;
     } else {
         writeln!(stdout_lock)?;
     }
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
index a5b2522b9..b071cedaa 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/perms.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@
 
 //! Common functions to manage permissions
 
+use crate::error::strip_errno;
 use crate::error::UResult;
+use crate::error::USimpleError;
 pub use crate::features::entries;
 use crate::fs::resolve_relative_path;
 use crate::show_error;
-use libc::{self, gid_t, lchown, uid_t};
+use clap::App;
+use clap::Arg;
+use clap::ArgMatches;
+use libc::{self, gid_t, uid_t};
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use std::io::Error as IOError;
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ fn chown<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, uid: uid_t, gid: gid_t, follow: bool) -> IORes
         if follow {
             libc::chown(s.as_ptr(), uid, gid)
         } else {
-            lchown(s.as_ptr(), uid, gid)
+            libc::lchown(s.as_ptr(), uid, gid)
         }
     };
     if ret == 0 {
@@ -160,31 +165,26 @@ pub enum IfFrom {
     UserGroup(u32, u32),
 }
 
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum TraverseSymlinks {
+    None,
+    First,
+    All,
+}
+
 pub struct ChownExecutor {
     pub dest_uid: Option<u32>,
     pub dest_gid: Option<u32>,
-    pub bit_flag: u8,
+    pub traverse_symlinks: TraverseSymlinks,
     pub verbosity: Verbosity,
     pub filter: IfFrom,
     pub files: Vec<String>,
     pub recursive: bool,
     pub preserve_root: bool,
+    // Must be true if traverse_symlinks is not None
     pub dereference: bool,
 }
 
-macro_rules! unwrap {
-    ($m:expr, $e:ident, $err:block) => {
-        match $m {
-            Ok(meta) => meta,
-            Err($e) => $err,
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-pub const FTS_COMFOLLOW: u8 = 1;
-pub const FTS_PHYSICAL: u8 = 1 << 1;
-pub const FTS_LOGICAL: u8 = 1 << 2;
-
 impl ChownExecutor {
     pub fn exec(&self) -> UResult<()> {
         let mut ret = 0;
@@ -198,9 +198,8 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
     }
 
     fn traverse<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, root: P) -> i32 {
-        let follow_arg = self.dereference || self.bit_flag != FTS_PHYSICAL;
         let path = root.as_ref();
-        let meta = match self.obtain_meta(path, follow_arg) {
+        let meta = match self.obtain_meta(path, self.dereference) {
             Some(m) => m,
             _ => return 1,
         };
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
         //     (argument is symlink && should follow argument && resolved to be '/')
         // )
         if self.recursive && self.preserve_root {
-            let may_exist = if follow_arg {
+            let may_exist = if self.dereference {
                 path.canonicalize().ok()
             } else {
                 let real = resolve_relative_path(path);
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
                 &meta,
                 self.dest_uid,
                 self.dest_gid,
-                follow_arg,
+                self.dereference,
                 self.verbosity.clone(),
             ) {
                 Ok(n) => {
@@ -266,20 +265,55 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
     }
 
     fn dive_into<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, root: P) -> i32 {
-        let mut ret = 0;
         let root = root.as_ref();
-        let follow = self.dereference || self.bit_flag & FTS_LOGICAL != 0;
-        for entry in WalkDir::new(root).follow_links(follow).min_depth(1) {
-            let entry = unwrap!(entry, e, {
-                ret = 1;
-                show_error!("{}", e);
-                continue;
-            });
+
+        // walkdir always dereferences the root directory, so we have to check it ourselves
+        // TODO: replace with `root.is_symlink()` once it is stable
+        if self.traverse_symlinks == TraverseSymlinks::None
+            && std::fs::symlink_metadata(root)
+                .map(|m| m.file_type().is_symlink())
+                .unwrap_or(false)
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        let mut ret = 0;
+        let mut iterator = WalkDir::new(root)
+            .follow_links(self.traverse_symlinks == TraverseSymlinks::All)
+            .min_depth(1)
+            .into_iter();
+        // We can't use a for loop because we need to manipulate the iterator inside the loop.
+        while let Some(entry) = iterator.next() {
+            let entry = match entry {
+                Err(e) => {
+                    ret = 1;
+                    if let Some(path) = e.path() {
+                        show_error!(
+                            "cannot access '{}': {}",
+                            path.display(),
+                            if let Some(error) = e.io_error() {
+                                strip_errno(error)
+                            } else {
+                                "Too many levels of symbolic links".into()
+                            }
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        show_error!("{}", e)
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Ok(entry) => entry,
+            };
             let path = entry.path();
-            let meta = match self.obtain_meta(path, follow) {
+            let meta = match self.obtain_meta(path, self.dereference) {
                 Some(m) => m,
                 _ => {
                     ret = 1;
+                    if entry.file_type().is_dir() {
+                        // Instruct walkdir to skip this directory to avoid getting another error
+                        // when walkdir tries to query the children of this directory.
+                        iterator.skip_current_dir();
+                    }
                     continue;
                 }
             };
@@ -293,7 +327,7 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
                 &meta,
                 self.dest_uid,
                 self.dest_gid,
-                follow,
+                self.dereference,
                 self.verbosity.clone(),
             ) {
                 Ok(n) => {
@@ -316,23 +350,25 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
     fn obtain_meta<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P, follow: bool) -> Option<Metadata> {
         let path = path.as_ref();
         let meta = if follow {
-            unwrap!(path.metadata(), e, {
-                match self.verbosity.level {
-                    VerbosityLevel::Silent => (),
-                    _ => show_error!("cannot access '{}': {}", path.display(), e),
-                }
-                return None;
-            })
+            path.metadata()
         } else {
-            unwrap!(path.symlink_metadata(), e, {
+            path.symlink_metadata()
+        };
+        match meta {
+            Err(e) => {
                 match self.verbosity.level {
                     VerbosityLevel::Silent => (),
-                    _ => show_error!("cannot dereference '{}': {}", path.display(), e),
+                    _ => show_error!(
+                        "cannot {} '{}': {}",
+                        if follow { "dereference" } else { "access" },
+                        path.display(),
+                        strip_errno(&e)
+                    ),
                 }
-                return None;
-            })
-        };
-        Some(meta)
+                None
+            }
+            Ok(meta) => Some(meta),
+        }
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -345,3 +381,148 @@ impl ChownExecutor {
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub mod options {
+    pub mod verbosity {
+        pub const CHANGES: &str = "changes";
+        pub const QUIET: &str = "quiet";
+        pub const SILENT: &str = "silent";
+        pub const VERBOSE: &str = "verbose";
+    }
+    pub mod preserve_root {
+        pub const PRESERVE: &str = "preserve-root";
+        pub const NO_PRESERVE: &str = "no-preserve-root";
+    }
+    pub mod dereference {
+        pub const DEREFERENCE: &str = "dereference";
+        pub const NO_DEREFERENCE: &str = "no-dereference";
+    }
+    pub const FROM: &str = "from";
+    pub const RECURSIVE: &str = "recursive";
+    pub mod traverse {
+        pub const TRAVERSE: &str = "H";
+        pub const NO_TRAVERSE: &str = "P";
+        pub const EVERY: &str = "L";
+    }
+    pub const REFERENCE: &str = "reference";
+    pub const ARG_OWNER: &str = "OWNER";
+    pub const ARG_GROUP: &str = "GROUP";
+    pub const ARG_FILES: &str = "FILE";
+}
+
+type GidUidFilterParser<'a> = fn(&ArgMatches<'a>) -> UResult<(Option<u32>, Option<u32>, IfFrom)>;
+
+/// Base implementation for `chgrp` and `chown`.
+///
+/// An argument called `add_arg_if_not_reference` will be added to `app` if
+/// `args` does not contain the `--reference` option.
+/// `parse_gid_uid_and_filter` will be called to obtain the target gid and uid, and the filter,
+/// from `ArgMatches`.
+/// `groups_only` determines whether verbose output will only mention the group.
+pub fn chown_base<'a>(
+    mut app: App<'a, 'a>,
+    args: impl crate::Args,
+    add_arg_if_not_reference: &'a str,
+    parse_gid_uid_and_filter: GidUidFilterParser<'a>,
+    groups_only: bool,
+) -> UResult<()> {
+    let args: Vec<_> = args.collect();
+    let mut reference = false;
+    let mut help = false;
+    // stop processing options on --
+    for arg in args.iter().take_while(|s| *s != "--") {
+        if arg.to_string_lossy().starts_with("--reference=") || arg == "--reference" {
+            reference = true;
+        } else if arg == "--help" {
+            // we stop processing once we see --help,
+            // as it doesn't matter if we've seen reference or not
+            help = true;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if help || !reference {
+        // add both positional arguments
+        // arg_group is only required if
+        app = app.arg(
+            Arg::with_name(add_arg_if_not_reference)
+                .value_name(add_arg_if_not_reference)
+                .required(true)
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .multiple(false),
+        )
+    }
+    app = app.arg(
+        Arg::with_name(options::ARG_FILES)
+            .value_name(options::ARG_FILES)
+            .multiple(true)
+            .takes_value(true)
+            .required(true)
+            .min_values(1),
+    );
+    let matches = app.get_matches_from(args);
+
+    let files: Vec<String> = matches
+        .values_of(options::ARG_FILES)
+        .map(|v| v.map(ToString::to_string).collect())
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
+    let preserve_root = matches.is_present(options::preserve_root::PRESERVE);
+
+    let mut dereference = if matches.is_present(options::dereference::DEREFERENCE) {
+        Some(true)
+    } else if matches.is_present(options::dereference::NO_DEREFERENCE) {
+        Some(false)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
+    let mut traverse_symlinks = if matches.is_present(options::traverse::TRAVERSE) {
+        TraverseSymlinks::First
+    } else if matches.is_present(options::traverse::EVERY) {
+        TraverseSymlinks::All
+    } else {
+        TraverseSymlinks::None
+    };
+
+    let recursive = matches.is_present(options::RECURSIVE);
+    if recursive {
+        if traverse_symlinks == TraverseSymlinks::None {
+            if dereference == Some(true) {
+                return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "-R --dereference requires -H or -L"));
+            }
+            dereference = Some(false);
+        }
+    } else {
+        traverse_symlinks = TraverseSymlinks::None;
+    }
+
+    let verbosity_level = if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::CHANGES) {
+        VerbosityLevel::Changes
+    } else if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::SILENT)
+        || matches.is_present(options::verbosity::QUIET)
+    {
+        VerbosityLevel::Silent
+    } else if matches.is_present(options::verbosity::VERBOSE) {
+        VerbosityLevel::Verbose
+    } else {
+        VerbosityLevel::Normal
+    };
+    let (dest_gid, dest_uid, filter) = parse_gid_uid_and_filter(&matches)?;
+
+    let executor = ChownExecutor {
+        traverse_symlinks,
+        dest_gid,
+        dest_uid,
+        verbosity: Verbosity {
+            groups_only,
+            level: verbosity_level,
+        },
+        recursive,
+        dereference: dereference.unwrap_or(true),
+        preserve_root,
+        files,
+        filter,
+    };
+    executor.exec()
+}
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
index a39834ec1..5352a6356 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ mod parser; // string parsing modules
 // * cross-platform modules
 pub use crate::mods::backup_control;
 pub use crate::mods::coreopts;
+pub use crate::mods::display;
 pub use crate::mods::error;
 pub use crate::mods::os;
 pub use crate::mods::panic;
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs
index b0235832b..8f6d14976 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 pub mod backup_control;
 pub mod coreopts;
+pub mod display;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod os;
 pub mod panic;
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/display.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/display.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e647a8c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/display.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+/// Utilities for printing paths, with special attention paid to special
+/// characters and invalid unicode.
+///
+/// For displaying paths in informational messages use `Quotable::quote`. This
+/// will wrap quotes around the filename and add the necessary escapes to make
+/// it copy/paste-able into a shell.
+///
+/// For writing raw paths to stdout when the output should not be quoted or escaped,
+/// use `println_verbatim`. This will preserve invalid unicode.
+///
+/// # Examples
+/// ```
+/// use std::path::Path;
+/// use uucore::display::{Quotable, println_verbatim};
+///
+/// let path = Path::new("foo/bar.baz");
+///
+/// println!("Found file {}", path.quote()); // Prints "Found file 'foo/bar.baz'"
+/// println_verbatim(path)?; // Prints "foo/bar.baz"
+/// # Ok::<(), std::io::Error>(())
+/// ```
+// spell-checker:ignore Fbar
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi", windows))]
+use std::fmt::Write as FmtWrite;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
+use std::io::{self, Write as IoWrite};
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+#[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+use std::os::wasi::ffi::OsStrExt;
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+use std::str::from_utf8;
+
+/// An extension trait for displaying filenames to users.
+pub trait Quotable {
+    /// Returns an object that implements [`Display`] for printing filenames with
+    /// proper quoting and escaping for the platform.
+    ///
+    /// On Unix this corresponds to sh/bash syntax, on Windows Powershell syntax
+    /// is used.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::path::Path;
+    /// use uucore::display::Quotable;
+    ///
+    /// let path = Path::new("foo/bar.baz");
+    ///
+    /// println!("Found file {}", path.quote()); // Prints "Found file 'foo/bar.baz'"
+    /// ```
+    fn quote(&self) -> Quoted<'_>;
+
+    /// Like `quote()`, but don't actually add quotes unless necessary because of
+    /// whitespace or special characters.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::path::Path;
+    /// use uucore::display::Quotable;
+    /// use uucore::show_error;
+    ///
+    /// let foo = Path::new("foo/bar.baz");
+    /// let bar = Path::new("foo bar");
+    ///
+    /// show_error!("{}: Not found", foo.maybe_quote()); // Prints "util: foo/bar.baz: Not found"
+    /// show_error!("{}: Not found", bar.maybe_quote()); // Prints "util: 'foo bar': Not found"
+    /// ```
+    fn maybe_quote(&self) -> Quoted<'_> {
+        let mut quoted = self.quote();
+        quoted.force_quote = false;
+        quoted
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! impl_as_ref {
+    ($type: ty) => {
+        impl Quotable for $type {
+            fn quote(&self) -> Quoted<'_> {
+                Quoted::new(self.as_ref())
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+impl_as_ref!(&'_ str);
+impl_as_ref!(String);
+impl_as_ref!(&'_ std::path::Path);
+impl_as_ref!(std::path::PathBuf);
+impl_as_ref!(std::path::Component<'_>);
+impl_as_ref!(std::path::Components<'_>);
+impl_as_ref!(std::path::Iter<'_>);
+impl_as_ref!(&'_ std::ffi::OsStr);
+impl_as_ref!(std::ffi::OsString);
+
+// Cow<'_, str> does not implement AsRef<OsStr> and this is unlikely to be fixed
+// for backward compatibility reasons. Otherwise we'd use a blanket impl.
+impl Quotable for Cow<'_, str> {
+    fn quote(&self) -> Quoted<'_> {
+        let text: &str = self.as_ref();
+        Quoted::new(text.as_ref())
+    }
+}
+
+/// A wrapper around [`OsStr`] for printing paths with quoting and escaping applied.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct Quoted<'a> {
+    text: &'a OsStr,
+    force_quote: bool,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Quoted<'a> {
+    fn new(text: &'a OsStr) -> Self {
+        Quoted {
+            text,
+            force_quote: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Quoted<'_> {
+    #[cfg(any(windows, unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        // On Unix we emulate sh syntax. On Windows Powershell.
+        // They're just similar enough to share some code.
+
+        /// Characters with special meaning outside quotes.
+        // https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_02
+        // I don't know why % is in there, and GNU doesn't quote it either.
+        // {} were used in a version elsewhere but seem unnecessary, GNU doesn't
+        // quote them. They're used in function definitions but not in a way we
+        // have to worry about.
+        #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+        const SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS: &[u8] = b"|&;<>()$`\\\"'*?[]=";
+        // FIXME: I'm not a PowerShell wizard and don't know if this is correct.
+        // I just copied the Unix version, removed \, and added ,{} based on
+        // experimentation.
+        // I have noticed that ~?*[] only get expanded in some contexts, so watch
+        // out for that if doing your own tests.
+        // Get-ChildItem seems unwilling to quote anything so it doesn't help.
+        // There's the additional wrinkle that Windows has stricter requirements
+        // for filenames: I've been testing using a Linux build of PowerShell, but
+        // this code doesn't even compile on Linux.
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        const SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS: &[u8] = b"|&;<>()$`\"'*?[]=,{}";
+
+        /// Characters with a special meaning at the beginning of a name.
+        // ~ expands a home directory.
+        // # starts a comment.
+        // ! is a common extension for expanding the shell history.
+        #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+        const SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS_START: &[char] = &['~', '#', '!'];
+        // Same deal as before, this is possibly incomplete.
+        // A single stand-alone exclamation mark seems to have some special meaning.
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        const SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS_START: &[char] = &['~', '#', '@', '!'];
+
+        /// Characters that are interpreted specially in a double-quoted string.
+        #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+        const DOUBLE_UNSAFE: &[u8] = &[b'"', b'`', b'$', b'\\'];
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        const DOUBLE_UNSAFE: &[u8] = &[b'"', b'`', b'$'];
+
+        let text = match self.text.to_str() {
+            None => return write_escaped(f, self.text),
+            Some(text) => text,
+        };
+
+        let mut is_single_safe = true;
+        let mut is_double_safe = true;
+        let mut requires_quote = self.force_quote;
+
+        if let Some(first) = text.chars().next() {
+            if SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS_START.contains(&first) {
+                requires_quote = true;
+            }
+            // Unlike in Unix, quoting an argument may stop it
+            // from being recognized as an option. I like that very much.
+            // But we don't want to quote "-" because that's a common
+            // special argument and PowerShell doesn't mind it.
+            #[cfg(windows)]
+            if first == '-' && text.len() > 1 {
+                requires_quote = true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Empty string
+            requires_quote = true;
+        }
+
+        for ch in text.chars() {
+            if ch.is_ascii() {
+                let ch = ch as u8;
+                if ch == b'\'' {
+                    is_single_safe = false;
+                }
+                if DOUBLE_UNSAFE.contains(&ch) {
+                    is_double_safe = false;
+                }
+                if !requires_quote && SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS.contains(&ch) {
+                    requires_quote = true;
+                }
+                if ch.is_ascii_control() {
+                    return write_escaped(f, self.text);
+                }
+            }
+            if !requires_quote && ch.is_whitespace() {
+                // This includes unicode whitespace.
+                // We maybe don't have to escape it, we don't escape other lookalike
+                // characters either, but it's confusing if it goes unquoted.
+                requires_quote = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !requires_quote {
+            return f.write_str(text);
+        } else if is_single_safe {
+            return write_simple(f, text, '\'');
+        } else if is_double_safe {
+            return write_simple(f, text, '\"');
+        } else {
+            return write_single_escaped(f, text);
+        }
+
+        fn write_simple(f: &mut Formatter<'_>, text: &str, quote: char) -> fmt::Result {
+            f.write_char(quote)?;
+            f.write_str(text)?;
+            f.write_char(quote)?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+        fn write_single_escaped(f: &mut Formatter<'_>, text: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+            let mut iter = text.split('\'');
+            if let Some(chunk) = iter.next() {
+                if !chunk.is_empty() {
+                    write_simple(f, chunk, '\'')?;
+                }
+            }
+            for chunk in iter {
+                f.write_str("\\'")?;
+                if !chunk.is_empty() {
+                    write_simple(f, chunk, '\'')?;
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        /// Write using the syntax described here:
+        /// https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/ANSI_002dC-Quoting.html
+        ///
+        /// Supported by these shells:
+        /// - bash
+        /// - zsh
+        /// - busybox sh
+        /// - mksh
+        ///
+        /// Not supported by these:
+        /// - fish
+        /// - dash
+        /// - tcsh
+        #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+        fn write_escaped(f: &mut Formatter<'_>, text: &OsStr) -> fmt::Result {
+            f.write_str("$'")?;
+            for chunk in from_utf8_iter(text.as_bytes()) {
+                match chunk {
+                    Ok(chunk) => {
+                        for ch in chunk.chars() {
+                            match ch {
+                                '\n' => f.write_str("\\n")?,
+                                '\t' => f.write_str("\\t")?,
+                                '\r' => f.write_str("\\r")?,
+                                // We could do \b, \f, \v, etc., but those are
+                                // rare enough to be confusing.
+                                // \0 doesn't work consistently because of the
+                                // octal \nnn syntax, and null bytes can't appear
+                                // in filenames anyway.
+                                ch if ch.is_ascii_control() => write!(f, "\\x{:02X}", ch as u8)?,
+                                '\\' | '\'' => {
+                                    // '?' and '"' can also be escaped this way
+                                    // but AFAICT there's no reason to do so
+                                    f.write_char('\\')?;
+                                    f.write_char(ch)?;
+                                }
+                                ch => {
+                                    f.write_char(ch)?;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Err(unit) => write!(f, "\\x{:02X}", unit)?,
+                }
+            }
+            f.write_char('\'')?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        fn write_single_escaped(f: &mut Formatter<'_>, text: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+            // Quotes in Powershell can be escaped by doubling them
+            f.write_char('\'')?;
+            let mut iter = text.split('\'');
+            if let Some(chunk) = iter.next() {
+                f.write_str(chunk)?;
+            }
+            for chunk in iter {
+                f.write_str("''")?;
+                f.write_str(chunk)?;
+            }
+            f.write_char('\'')?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        fn write_escaped(f: &mut Formatter<'_>, text: &OsStr) -> fmt::Result {
+            // ` takes the role of \ since \ is already used as the path separator.
+            // Things are UTF-16-oriented, so we escape code units as "`u{1234}".
+            use std::char::decode_utf16;
+            use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+
+            f.write_char('"')?;
+            for ch in decode_utf16(text.encode_wide()) {
+                match ch {
+                    Ok(ch) => match ch {
+                        '\0' => f.write_str("`0")?,
+                        '\r' => f.write_str("`r")?,
+                        '\n' => f.write_str("`n")?,
+                        '\t' => f.write_str("`t")?,
+                        ch if ch.is_ascii_control() => write!(f, "`u{{{:04X}}}", ch as u8)?,
+                        '`' => f.write_str("``")?,
+                        '$' => f.write_str("`$")?,
+                        '"' => f.write_str("\"\"")?,
+                        ch => f.write_char(ch)?,
+                    },
+                    Err(err) => write!(f, "`u{{{:04X}}}", err.unpaired_surrogate())?,
+                }
+            }
+            f.write_char('"')?;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(any(unix, target_os = "wasi", windows)))]
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        // As a fallback, we use Rust's own escaping rules.
+        // This is reasonably sane and very easy to implement.
+        // We use single quotes because that's hardcoded in a lot of tests.
+        let text = self.text.to_string_lossy();
+        if self.force_quote || !text.chars().all(|ch| ch.is_alphanumeric() || ch == '.') {
+            write!(f, "'{}'", text.escape_debug())
+        } else {
+            f.write_str(&text)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+fn from_utf8_iter(mut bytes: &[u8]) -> impl Iterator<Item = Result<&str, u8>> {
+    std::iter::from_fn(move || {
+        if bytes.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        match from_utf8(bytes) {
+            Ok(text) => {
+                bytes = &[];
+                Some(Ok(text))
+            }
+            Err(err) if err.valid_up_to() == 0 => {
+                let res = bytes[0];
+                bytes = &bytes[1..];
+                Some(Err(res))
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                let (valid, rest) = bytes.split_at(err.valid_up_to());
+                bytes = rest;
+                Some(Ok(from_utf8(valid).unwrap()))
+            }
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+/// Print a path (or `OsStr`-like object) directly to stdout, with a trailing newline,
+/// without losing any information if its encoding is invalid.
+///
+/// This function is appropriate for commands where printing paths is the point and the
+/// output is likely to be captured, like `pwd` and `basename`. For informational output
+/// use `Quotable::quote`.
+///
+/// FIXME: This is lossy on Windows. It could probably be implemented using some low-level
+/// API that takes UTF-16, without going through io::Write. This is not a big priority
+/// because broken filenames are much rarer on Windows than on Unix.
+pub fn println_verbatim<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(text: S) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let stdout = io::stdout();
+    let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
+    #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+    {
+        stdout.write_all(text.as_ref().as_bytes())?;
+        stdout.write_all(b"\n")?;
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(any(unix, target_os = "wasi")))]
+    {
+        writeln!(stdout, "{}", std::path::Path::new(text.as_ref()).display())?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn verify_quote(cases: &[(impl Quotable, &str)]) {
+        for (case, expected) in cases {
+            assert_eq!(case.quote().to_string(), *expected);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn verify_maybe(cases: &[(impl Quotable, &str)]) {
+        for (case, expected) in cases {
+            assert_eq!(case.maybe_quote().to_string(), *expected);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// This should hold on any platform, or else other tests fail.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_basic() {
+        verify_quote(&[
+            ("foo", "'foo'"),
+            ("", "''"),
+            ("foo/bar.baz", "'foo/bar.baz'"),
+        ]);
+        verify_maybe(&[
+            ("foo", "foo"),
+            ("", "''"),
+            ("foo bar", "'foo bar'"),
+            ("$foo", "'$foo'"),
+            ("-", "-"),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi", windows))]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_common() {
+        verify_maybe(&[
+            ("a#b", "a#b"),
+            ("#ab", "'#ab'"),
+            ("a~b", "a~b"),
+            ("!", "'!'"),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unix() {
+        verify_quote(&[
+            ("can't", r#""can't""#),
+            (r#"can'"t"#, r#"'can'\''"t'"#),
+            (r#"can'$t"#, r#"'can'\''$t'"#),
+            ("foo\nb\ta\r\\\0`r", r#"$'foo\nb\ta\r\\\x00`r'"#),
+            ("foo\x02", r#"$'foo\x02'"#),
+            (r#"'$''"#, r#"\''$'\'\'"#),
+        ]);
+        verify_quote(&[(OsStr::from_bytes(b"foo\xFF"), r#"$'foo\xFF'"#)]);
+        verify_maybe(&[
+            ("-x", "-x"),
+            ("a,b", "a,b"),
+            ("a\\b", "'a\\b'"),
+            ("}", ("}")),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_windows() {
+        use std::ffi::OsString;
+        use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStringExt;
+        verify_quote(&[
+            (r#"foo\bar"#, r#"'foo\bar'"#),
+            ("can't", r#""can't""#),
+            (r#"can'"t"#, r#"'can''"t'"#),
+            (r#"can'$t"#, r#"'can''$t'"#),
+            ("foo\nb\ta\r\\\0`r", r#""foo`nb`ta`r\`0``r""#),
+            ("foo\x02", r#""foo`u{0002}""#),
+            (r#"'$''"#, r#"'''$'''''"#),
+        ]);
+        verify_quote(&[(
+            OsString::from_wide(&[b'x' as u16, 0xD800]),
+            r#""x`u{D800}""#,
+        )]);
+        verify_maybe(&[
+            ("-x", "'-x'"),
+            ("a,b", "'a,b'"),
+            ("a\\b", "a\\b"),
+            ("}", "'}'"),
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_utf8_iter() {
+        type ByteStr = &'static [u8];
+        type Chunk = Result<&'static str, u8>;
+        const CASES: &[(ByteStr, &[Chunk])] = &[
+            (b"", &[]),
+            (b"hello", &[Ok("hello")]),
+            // Immediately invalid
+            (b"\xFF", &[Err(b'\xFF')]),
+            // Incomplete UTF-8
+            (b"\xC2", &[Err(b'\xC2')]),
+            (b"\xF4\x8F", &[Err(b'\xF4'), Err(b'\x8F')]),
+            (b"\xFF\xFF", &[Err(b'\xFF'), Err(b'\xFF')]),
+            (b"hello\xC2", &[Ok("hello"), Err(b'\xC2')]),
+            (b"\xFFhello", &[Err(b'\xFF'), Ok("hello")]),
+            (b"\xFF\xC2hello", &[Err(b'\xFF'), Err(b'\xC2'), Ok("hello")]),
+            (b"foo\xFFbar", &[Ok("foo"), Err(b'\xFF'), Ok("bar")]),
+            (
+                b"foo\xF4\x8Fbar",
+                &[Ok("foo"), Err(b'\xF4'), Err(b'\x8F'), Ok("bar")],
+            ),
+            (
+                b"foo\xFF\xC2bar",
+                &[Ok("foo"), Err(b'\xFF'), Err(b'\xC2'), Ok("bar")],
+            ),
+        ];
+        for &(case, expected) in CASES {
+            assert_eq!(
+                from_utf8_iter(case).collect::<Vec<_>>().as_slice(),
+                expected
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
index 6af934d3e..9a697d822 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/mods/error.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ impl UIoError {
     pub fn new<S: Into<String>>(kind: std::io::ErrorKind, context: S) -> Box<dyn UError> {
         Box::new(Self {
             context: context.into(),
-            inner: std::io::Error::new(kind, ""),
+            inner: kind.into(),
         })
     }
 }
@@ -380,32 +380,36 @@ impl Error for UIoError {}
 impl Display for UIoError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), std::fmt::Error> {
         use std::io::ErrorKind::*;
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}: {}",
-            self.context,
-            match self.inner.kind() {
-                NotFound => "No such file or directory",
-                PermissionDenied => "Permission denied",
-                ConnectionRefused => "Connection refused",
-                ConnectionReset => "Connection reset",
-                ConnectionAborted => "Connection aborted",
-                NotConnected => "Not connected",
-                AddrInUse => "Address in use",
-                AddrNotAvailable => "Address not available",
-                BrokenPipe => "Broken pipe",
-                AlreadyExists => "Already exists",
-                WouldBlock => "Would block",
-                InvalidInput => "Invalid input",
-                InvalidData => "Invalid data",
-                TimedOut => "Timed out",
-                WriteZero => "Write zero",
-                Interrupted => "Interrupted",
-                Other => "Other",
-                UnexpectedEof => "Unexpected end of file",
-                _ => panic!("Unexpected io error: {}", self.inner),
-            },
-        )
+
+        let message;
+        let message = match self.inner.kind() {
+            NotFound => "No such file or directory",
+            PermissionDenied => "Permission denied",
+            ConnectionRefused => "Connection refused",
+            ConnectionReset => "Connection reset",
+            ConnectionAborted => "Connection aborted",
+            NotConnected => "Not connected",
+            AddrInUse => "Address in use",
+            AddrNotAvailable => "Address not available",
+            BrokenPipe => "Broken pipe",
+            AlreadyExists => "Already exists",
+            WouldBlock => "Would block",
+            InvalidInput => "Invalid input",
+            InvalidData => "Invalid data",
+            TimedOut => "Timed out",
+            WriteZero => "Write zero",
+            Interrupted => "Interrupted",
+            Other => "Other",
+            UnexpectedEof => "Unexpected end of file",
+            _ => {
+                // TODO: using `strip_errno()` causes the error message
+                // to not be capitalized. When the new error variants (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/86442)
+                // are stabilized, we should add them to the match statement.
+                message = strip_errno(&self.inner);
+                &message
+            }
+        };
+        write!(f, "{}: {}", self.context, message,)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs b/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
index 0741838a4..1d047cfe2 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_chgrp.rs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ fn test_big_h() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
 fn basic_succeeds() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
     let one_group = nix::unistd::getgroups().unwrap();
@@ -251,3 +251,105 @@ fn test_no_change() {
     at.touch("file");
     ucmd.arg("").arg(at.plus("file")).succeeds();
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
+fn test_permission_denied() {
+    use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
+
+    if let Some(group) = nix::unistd::getgroups().unwrap().first() {
+        let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+        at.mkdir("dir");
+        at.touch("dir/file");
+        std::fs::set_permissions(at.plus("dir"), PermissionsExt::from_mode(0o0000)).unwrap();
+        ucmd.arg("-R")
+            .arg(group.as_raw().to_string())
+            .arg("dir")
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_only("chgrp: cannot access 'dir': Permission denied");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
+fn test_subdir_permission_denied() {
+    use std::os::unix::prelude::PermissionsExt;
+
+    if let Some(group) = nix::unistd::getgroups().unwrap().first() {
+        let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+        at.mkdir("dir");
+        at.mkdir("dir/subdir");
+        at.touch("dir/subdir/file");
+        std::fs::set_permissions(at.plus("dir/subdir"), PermissionsExt::from_mode(0o0000)).unwrap();
+        ucmd.arg("-R")
+            .arg(group.as_raw().to_string())
+            .arg("dir")
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_only("chgrp: cannot access 'dir/subdir': Permission denied");
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(target_vendor = "apple"))]
+fn test_traverse_symlinks() {
+    use std::os::unix::prelude::MetadataExt;
+    let groups = nix::unistd::getgroups().unwrap();
+    if groups.len() < 2 {
+        return;
+    }
+    let (first_group, second_group) = (groups[0], groups[1]);
+
+    for &(args, traverse_first, traverse_second) in &[
+        (&[][..] as &[&str], false, false),
+        (&["-H"][..], true, false),
+        (&["-P"][..], false, false),
+        (&["-L"][..], true, true),
+    ] {
+        let scenario = TestScenario::new("chgrp");
+
+        let (at, mut ucmd) = (scenario.fixtures.clone(), scenario.ucmd());
+
+        at.mkdir("dir");
+        at.mkdir("dir2");
+        at.touch("dir2/file");
+        at.mkdir("dir3");
+        at.touch("dir3/file");
+        at.symlink_dir("dir2", "dir/dir2_ln");
+        at.symlink_dir("dir3", "dir3_ln");
+
+        scenario
+            .ccmd("chgrp")
+            .arg(first_group.to_string())
+            .arg("dir2/file")
+            .arg("dir3/file")
+            .succeeds();
+
+        assert!(at.plus("dir2/file").metadata().unwrap().gid() == first_group.as_raw());
+        assert!(at.plus("dir3/file").metadata().unwrap().gid() == first_group.as_raw());
+
+        ucmd.arg("-R")
+            .args(args)
+            .arg(second_group.to_string())
+            .arg("dir")
+            .arg("dir3_ln")
+            .succeeds()
+            .no_stderr();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            at.plus("dir2/file").metadata().unwrap().gid(),
+            if traverse_second {
+                second_group.as_raw()
+            } else {
+                first_group.as_raw()
+            }
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            at.plus("dir3/file").metadata().unwrap().gid(),
+            if traverse_first {
+                second_group.as_raw()
+            } else {
+                first_group.as_raw()
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_join.rs b/tests/by-util/test_join.rs
index 1cab8361a..1d92bf8e7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_join.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_join.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,19 @@ fn autoformat() {
         .pipe_in("1 x y z\n2 p")
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_only("1 x y z a\n2 p   b\n");
+
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("-")
+        .arg("fields_2.txt")
+        .arg("-a")
+        .arg("1")
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg("auto")
+        .arg("-e")
+        .arg(".")
+        .pipe_in("1 x y z\n2 p\n99 a b\n")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only("1 x y z a\n2 p . . b\n99 a b . .\n");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index a3372050a..e6c23acc1 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -333,6 +333,63 @@ fn test_ls_long() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_ls_long_format() {
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    let last;
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        let _guard = UMASK_MUTEX.lock();
+        last = unsafe { umask(0) };
+
+        unsafe {
+            umask(0o002);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+    at.mkdir(&at.plus_as_string("test-long-dir"));
+    at.touch(&at.plus_as_string("test-long-dir/test-long-file"));
+    at.mkdir(&at.plus_as_string("test-long-dir/test-long-dir"));
+
+    for arg in &["-l", "--long", "--format=long", "--format=verbose"] {
+        #[allow(unused_variables)]
+        let result = scene.ucmd().arg(arg).arg("test-long-dir").succeeds();
+        // Assuming sane username do not have spaces within them.
+        // A line of the output should be:
+        // One of the characters -bcCdDlMnpPsStTx?
+        // rwx, with - for missing permissions, thrice.
+        // A number, preceded by column whitespace, and followed by a single space.
+        // A username, currently [^ ], followed by column whitespace, twice (or thrice for Hurd).
+        // A number, followed by a single space.
+        // A month, followed by a single space.
+        // A day, preceded by column whitespace, and followed by a single space.
+        // Either a year or a time, currently [0-9:]+, preceded by column whitespace,
+        // and followed by a single space.
+        // Whatever comes after is irrelevant to this specific test.
+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        result.stdout_matches(&Regex::new(
+            r"\n[-bcCdDlMnpPsStTx?]([r-][w-][xt-]){3} +\d+ [^ ]+ +[^ ]+( +[^ ]+)? +\d+ [A-Z][a-z]{2} {0,2}\d{0,2} {0,2}[0-9:]+ "
+        ).unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    let result = scene.ucmd().arg("-lan").arg("test-long-dir").succeeds();
+    // This checks for the line with the .. entry. The uname and group should be digits.
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    result.stdout_matches(&Regex::new(
+        r"\nd([r-][w-][xt-]){3} +\d+ \d+ +\d+( +\d+)? +\d+ [A-Z][a-z]{2} {0,2}\d{0,2} {0,2}[0-9:]+ \.\."
+    ).unwrap());
+
+    #[cfg(not(windows))]
+    {
+        unsafe {
+            umask(last);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_ls_long_total_size() {
     let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
@@ -1361,6 +1418,7 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
         // Default is shell-escape
         scene
             .ucmd()
+            .arg("--hide-control-chars")
             .arg("one\ntwo")
             .succeeds()
             .stdout_only("'one'$'\\n''two'\n");
@@ -1382,23 +1440,8 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
         ] {
             scene
                 .ucmd()
-                .arg(arg)
-                .arg("one\ntwo")
-                .succeeds()
-                .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
-        }
-
-        for (arg, correct) in &[
-            ("--quoting-style=literal", "one?two"),
-            ("-N", "one?two"),
-            ("--literal", "one?two"),
-            ("--quoting-style=shell", "one?two"),
-            ("--quoting-style=shell-always", "'one?two'"),
-        ] {
-            scene
-                .ucmd()
-                .arg(arg)
                 .arg("--hide-control-chars")
+                .arg(arg)
                 .arg("one\ntwo")
                 .succeeds()
                 .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
@@ -1408,7 +1451,7 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
             ("--quoting-style=literal", "one\ntwo"),
             ("-N", "one\ntwo"),
             ("--literal", "one\ntwo"),
-            ("--quoting-style=shell", "one\ntwo"),
+            ("--quoting-style=shell", "one\ntwo"), // FIXME: GNU ls quotes this case
             ("--quoting-style=shell-always", "'one\ntwo'"),
         ] {
             scene
@@ -1435,6 +1478,7 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
         ] {
             scene
                 .ucmd()
+                .arg("--hide-control-chars")
                 .arg(arg)
                 .arg("one\\two")
                 .succeeds()
@@ -1450,6 +1494,7 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
         ] {
             scene
                 .ucmd()
+                .arg("--hide-control-chars")
                 .arg(arg)
                 .arg("one\n&two")
                 .succeeds()
@@ -1480,6 +1525,7 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
     ] {
         scene
             .ucmd()
+            .arg("--hide-control-chars")
             .arg(arg)
             .arg("one two")
             .succeeds()
@@ -1503,6 +1549,7 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
     ] {
         scene
             .ucmd()
+            .arg("--hide-control-chars")
             .arg(arg)
             .arg("one")
             .succeeds()