GNU bug report logs - #22580
ls-quotes: shell-escape in tty in ls

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Vint <pjvint <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 07:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 22580-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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