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ls-quotes: shell-escape in tty in ls

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Vint <pjvint <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#22580: closed (Re: bug#22580: shell-escape in tty in ls)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:23:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#22580: ls-quotes: shell-escape in tty in ls

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 22580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Vint <pjvint <at> gmail.com>, 22580-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22580: shell-escape in tty in ls
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:22:20 -0700

Hello,

On 2016-02-07 12:44 a.m., Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 06/02/16 20:28, Paul Vint wrote:
>> 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.
>>

We created a summary of common issues and FAQ
regarding the quoting change in ls(1):
  https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html

If there is an issue that is not addressed there,
please send an email to coreutils <at> gnu.org .

regards,
 - assaf

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From: Paul Vint <pjvint <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: shell-escape in tty in ls
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 23:28:59 -0500

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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 <at> localhost ~ $ mkdir ls
pvint <at> localhost ~ $ cd ls
pvint <at> localhost ~/ls $ touch HelloWorld
pvint <at> localhost ~/ls $ touch Hello\ World
pvint <at> localhost ~/ls $ ls
'Hello World'  HelloWorld
pvint <at> 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 <at> gmail.com

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