diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_common.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_common.rs
index a33d603f1..351a7e8e8 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_common.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_common.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 use libc::{dup, dup2, STDOUT_FILENO};
 use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::io;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use std::sync::{atomic::AtomicBool, Once};
@@ -75,3 +76,32 @@ where
 
     (my_output, uumain_exit_status)
 }
+
+pub fn run_gnu_cmd(
+    cmd_path: &str,
+    args: &[OsString],
+    check_gnu: bool,
+) -> Result<(String, i32), io::Error> {
+    if check_gnu {
+        is_gnu_cmd(cmd_path)?; // Check if it's a GNU implementation
+    }
+
+    let mut command = Command::new(cmd_path);
+    for arg in args {
+        command.arg(arg);
+    }
+
+    let output = command.output()?;
+    let exit_code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(-1);
+    if output.status.success() || !check_gnu {
+        Ok((
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).to_string(),
+            exit_code,
+        ))
+    } else {
+        Err(io::Error::new(
+            io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            format!("GNU command execution failed with exit code {}", exit_code),
+        ))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs
index 28fded99e..6344c0525 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_expr.rs
@@ -12,35 +12,11 @@ use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 use rand::Rng;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
-use std::process::Command;
 mod fuzz_common;
-use crate::fuzz_common::generate_and_run_uumain;
-use crate::fuzz_common::is_gnu_cmd;
+use crate::fuzz_common::{generate_and_run_uumain, run_gnu_cmd};
 
 static CMD_PATH: &str = "expr";
 
-fn run_gnu_expr(args: &[OsString]) -> Result<(String, i32), std::io::Error> {
-    is_gnu_cmd(CMD_PATH)?; // Check if it's a GNU implementation
-
-    let mut command = Command::new(CMD_PATH);
-    for arg in args {
-        command.arg(arg);
-    }
-    let output = command.output()?;
-    let exit_code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(-1);
-    if output.status.success() {
-        Ok((
-            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).to_string(),
-            exit_code,
-        ))
-    } else {
-        Err(std::io::Error::new(
-            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
-            format!("GNU expr execution failed with exit code {}", exit_code),
-        ))
-    }
-}
-
 fn generate_random_string(max_length: usize) -> String {
     let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
     let valid_utf8: Vec<char> = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
@@ -111,7 +87,7 @@ fuzz_target!(|_data: &[u8]| {
     let (rust_output, uumain_exit_code) = generate_and_run_uumain(&mut args, uumain);
 
     // Run GNU expr with the provided arguments and compare the output
-    match run_gnu_expr(&args[1..]) {
+    match run_gnu_cmd(CMD_PATH, &args[1..], true) {
         Ok((gnu_output, gnu_exit_code)) => {
             let gnu_output = gnu_output.trim().to_owned();
             if uumain_exit_code != gnu_exit_code {
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs
index dbd2db54a..bfde25246 100644
--- a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_test.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
 use rand::Rng;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
-use std::process::Command;
-
 mod fuzz_common;
-use crate::fuzz_common::generate_and_run_uumain;
+use crate::fuzz_common::{generate_and_run_uumain, run_gnu_cmd};
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Debug, Clone)]
 enum ArgType {
@@ -30,20 +28,6 @@ enum ArgType {
 
 static CMD_PATH: &str = "test";
 
-fn run_gnu_test(args: &[OsString]) -> Result<(String, i32), std::io::Error> {
-    let mut command = Command::new(CMD_PATH);
-
-    for arg in args {
-        command.arg(arg);
-    }
-    let output = command.output()?;
-    let exit_status = output.status.code().unwrap_or(-1); // Capture the exit status code
-    Ok((
-        String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).to_string(),
-        exit_status,
-    ))
-}
-
 fn generate_random_string(max_length: usize) -> String {
     let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
     let valid_utf8: Vec<char> = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
@@ -223,7 +207,7 @@ fuzz_target!(|_data: &[u8]| {
     let (rust_output, uumain_exit_status) = generate_and_run_uumain(&mut args, uumain);
 
     // Run GNU test with the provided arguments and compare the output
-    match run_gnu_test(&args[1..]) {
+    match run_gnu_cmd(CMD_PATH, &args[1..], false) {
         Ok((gnu_output, gnu_exit_status)) => {
             let gnu_output = gnu_output.trim().to_owned();
             println!("gnu_exit_status {}", gnu_exit_status);