Maybe I'm the only one, but the new change in ls seems bad: set_quoting_style (NULL, shell_escape_quoting_style); This is set if the output is a TTY. Why would we want to quote if the output is a TTY? It makes the output appear strange to me. Example: ### Begin paste from terminal #### pvint@localhost ~ $ mkdir ls pvint@localhost ~ $ cd ls pvint@localhost ~/ls $ touch HelloWorld pvint@localhost ~/ls $ touch Hello\ World pvint@localhost ~/ls $ ls 'Hello World' HelloWorld pvint@localhost ~/ls $ ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 pvint users 0 Feb 6 22:35 'Hello World' -rw-r--r-- 1 pvint users 0 Feb 6 22:35 HelloWorld #### end paste from terminal #### This change occurred at version 8.25 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=109b9220cead6e979d22d16327c4d9f8350431cc#patch3 I don't see the benefit to this change (partly because I'm a stubborn old guy who thinks "it's been this way for decades!"), but if there is a good one, I'll say "Cool, thanks!". Cheers, Paul Vint pjvint@gmail.com