diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index df983d186..0eeb94861 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
         # target-specific options
         # * CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--all-features' ;
-        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features "${{ matrix.job.features }}"' ; fi
+        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features ${{ matrix.job.features }}' ; fi
         outputs CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         # * determine sub-crate utility list
         UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION})"
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
         fault_type="${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAULT_TYPE }}"
         fault_prefix=$(echo "$fault_type" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
         # * convert any warnings to GHA UI annotations; ref: <https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-a-warning-message>
-        S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets ${{ matrix.job.cargo-options }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS }} -- -W clippy::manual_string_new -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
+        S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets ${{ matrix.job.cargo-options }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS }} -- -W clippy::manual_string_new -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
         if [ -n "${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAIL_ON_FAULT }}" ] && [ -n "$fault" ]; then exit 1 ; fi
 
   style_spellcheck:
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
         # target-specific options
         # * CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--all-features' ;
-        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features "${{ matrix.job.features }}"' ; fi
+        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features ${{ matrix.job.features }}' ; fi
         outputs CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
         # * determine sub-crate utility list
         UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION})"
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
index 509e67511..51cfa92ef 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/progress.rs
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ mod tests {
         ProgUpdate {
             read_stat: Default::default(),
             write_stat: Default::default(),
-            duration: duration,
+            duration,
             complete: false,
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index 31a5f8d73..ec88586c6 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -589,8 +589,7 @@ mod tests {
         // We can trigger an error by not setting stdout to anything (will
         // fail with code 1)
         assert!(super::pathbuf_from_stdout()
-            .err()
-            .expect("pathbuf_from_stdout should have failed")
+            .expect_err("pathbuf_from_stdout should have failed")
             .to_string()
             .contains("GetFinalPathNameByHandleW failed with code 1"));
     }
diff --git a/util/show-utils.sh b/util/show-utils.sh
index 0db72e1c4..b6a0f9856 100755
--- a/util/show-utils.sh
+++ b/util/show-utils.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 ME="${0}"
 ME_dir="$(dirname -- "${ME}")"
 ME_parent_dir="$(dirname -- "${ME_dir}")"
-ME_parent_dir_abs="$(realpath -mP -- "${ME_parent_dir}")"
+# NOTE: On FreeBSD, `-mP` arguments are not available.
+ME_parent_dir_abs="$(realpath -mP -- "${ME_parent_dir}" || realpath -- "${ME_parent_dir}")"
 
 # refs: <https://forge.rust-lang.org/release/platform-support.html> , <https://docs.rs/platforms/0.2.1/platforms/platform/tier1/index.html>
 
@@ -22,6 +23,6 @@ cd "${project_main_dir}" &&
         echo "WARN: missing \`jq\` (install with \`sudo apt install jq\`); falling back to default (only fully cross-platform) utility list" 1>&2
         echo "$default_utils"
     else
-        cargo metadata "$*" --format-version 1 | jq -r "[.resolve.nodes[] | { id: .id, deps: [.deps[] | { name:.name, pkg:.pkg }] }] | .[] | select(.id|startswith(\"coreutils\")) | [.deps[] | select((.name|startswith(\"uu_\")) or (.pkg|startswith(\"uu_\")))] | [.[].pkg | match(\"^\\\w+\";\"g\")] | [.[].string | sub(\"^uu_\"; \"\")] | sort | join(\" \")"
-        # cargo metadata "$*" --format-version 1 | jq -r "[.resolve.nodes[] | { id: .id, deps: [.deps[] | { name:.name, pkg:.pkg }] }] | .[] | select(.id|startswith(\"coreutils\")) | [.deps[] | select((.name|startswith(\"uu_\")) or (.pkg|startswith(\"uu_\")))] | [.[].pkg | match(\"^\\\w+\";\"g\")] | [.[].string] | sort | join(\" \")"
+        cargo metadata "$@" --format-version 1 | jq -r "[.resolve.nodes[] | { id: .id, deps: [.deps[] | { name:.name, pkg:.pkg }] }] | .[] | select(.id|startswith(\"coreutils\")) | [.deps[] | select((.name|startswith(\"uu_\")) or (.pkg|startswith(\"uu_\")))] | [.[].pkg | match(\"^\\\w+\";\"g\")] | [.[].string | sub(\"^uu_\"; \"\")] | sort | join(\" \")"
+        # cargo metadata "$@" --format-version 1 | jq -r "[.resolve.nodes[] | { id: .id, deps: [.deps[] | { name:.name, pkg:.pkg }] }] | .[] | select(.id|startswith(\"coreutils\")) | [.deps[] | select((.name|startswith(\"uu_\")) or (.pkg|startswith(\"uu_\")))] | [.[].pkg | match(\"^\\\w+\";\"g\")] | [.[].string] | sort | join(\" \")"
     fi