You are confusing bash with other packages (apt is not bash - if I installed bash and it "came with" a package manager, I'd be suspicious... or in this case, kn

You are confusing bash with other packages (apt is not bash - if I installed bash and it "came with" a package manager, I'd be suspicious... or in this case, know that I'm using Ubuntu's bash). Your expressing dismay at lack of anything further than coreutils seems odd.