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Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:02:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: =?utf-8?Q?Kay=20Parker=20=09=20?= To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-4bd131dc Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:02:53 -0800 Subject: ls -b fails to escape '-' c-style (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:06:17 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-' 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6 should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6 -- Kay Parker kayparker@mailite.com -- http://www.fastmail.com - Does exactly what it says on the tin From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Nov 23 18:27:57 2016 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2016 23:27:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39683 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9gxI-0001Gq-TS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:27:57 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:36000) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9gxH-0001GX-4Z; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:27:55 -0500 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AD916611; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.116.185] (ovpn-116-185.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.116.185]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uANNRmgh017477; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:27:49 -0500 Subject: Re: bug#25009: ls -b fails to escape '-' c-style (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21) To: Kay Parker , 25009-done@debbugs.gnu.org References: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Eric Blake Openpgp: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 17:27:48 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2F68XQt3dRwOBkkig06bipmLOG1g0GQ9a" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.24 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.38]); Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:27:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Score: -7.9 (-------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -7.9 (-------) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --2F68XQt3dRwOBkkig06bipmLOG1g0GQ9a Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="fD8bo143cNa7nT98eXcQJahNSQOknVmSe"; protected-headers="v1" From: Eric Blake To: Kay Parker , 25009-done@debbugs.gnu.org Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#25009: ls -b fails to escape '-' c-style (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21) References: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> --fD8bo143cNa7nT98eXcQJahNSQOknVmSe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable tag 25009 notabug thanks On 11/23/2016 05:02 PM, Kay Parker wrote: > ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-'=20 > 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6 > should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6 Why? The documentation states: -b, --escape print C-style escapes for nongraphic charact= ers but - looks like a graphical character to me, so it doesn't need an escap= e. I don't see a problem here, so I'm marking this as not a bug; however, feel free to followup with more details, such as better justification for why - should be treated as a nongraphic character. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --fD8bo143cNa7nT98eXcQJahNSQOknVmSe-- --2F68XQt3dRwOBkkig06bipmLOG1g0GQ9a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJYNiX0AAoJEKeha0olJ0NqaLQH/1DMWbGsqekPDAZX/EG+nmte fpmZNPeusqmm4YD/auJm0+ReB50KHJMuEM6Hl6t8CkRpfhDtjF2X2KopBcI5v6Yo PE3hQA+Se3WEj2JeZsAUpLCr00dxA8OODAAiz6W54q9L5ipjhKheqMPUbvyIqZHD MfIQu0YBHHBw7vDQfRVFPD/foYY/vdHFuoGcN/mIq95LkB8V/SDrAEFOHz4qhr+C vyhIuPsyyE6DxV7889jRu28PcacX9vVF05gnBqR71qNrIF5XLHwntYTzxsmDZxMc rcRFyLFPB/ivbvi79MsBIYspFSXx+CsveIy7iOi8FDgsr/CcJsP13l3F1gpk1JM= =nTiK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2F68XQt3dRwOBkkig06bipmLOG1g0GQ9a-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Nov 23 18:34:24 2016 Received: (at 25009) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2016 23:34:24 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39696 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9h3Y-000360-KX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:34:24 -0500 Received: from mail.magicbluesmoke.com ([82.195.144.49]:51618) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9h3W-00035r-GM for 25009@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:34:22 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.80] (unknown [109.78.253.63]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.magicbluesmoke.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F221D16F; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:34:20 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: bug#25009: ls -b fails to escape '-' c-style (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21) To: 25009@debbugs.gnu.org, eblake@redhat.com, kayparker@mailite.com References: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=c3=a1draig_Brady?= Message-ID: <033cf275-eea5-8691-66e5-19c9dd297651@draigBrady.com> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:34:20 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25009 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 23/11/16 23:27, Eric Blake wrote: > tag 25009 notabug > thanks > > On 11/23/2016 05:02 PM, Kay Parker wrote: >> ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-' >> 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6 >> should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6 > > Why? The documentation states: > > -b, --escape print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters > > but - looks like a graphical character to me, so it doesn't need an escape. > > I don't see a problem here, so I'm marking this as not a bug; however, > feel free to followup with more details, such as better justification > for why - should be treated as a nongraphic character. Note you may be expecting ls to quote the file name so that it's subsequently usable as a parameter to a command. In that case --quoting=shell is more appropriate. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Nov 23 18:38:01 2016 Received: (at 25009) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2016 23:38:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39701 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9h73-0003Ax-4D for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:38:01 -0500 Received: from mail.magicbluesmoke.com ([82.195.144.49]:51634) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9h72-0003Aq-9C for 25009@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:38:00 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.80] (unknown [109.78.253.63]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.magicbluesmoke.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8265216F; Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:37:59 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: bug#25009: ls -b fails to escape '-' c-style (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21) To: 25009@debbugs.gnu.org, eblake@redhat.com, kayparker@mailite.com References: <1479942173.509397.797525073.280E945D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <033cf275-eea5-8691-66e5-19c9dd297651@draigBrady.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?P=c3=a1draig_Brady?= Message-ID: <90ceba3f-3e70-a8c4-6514-5d13e50624ac@draigBrady.com> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:37:59 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <033cf275-eea5-8691-66e5-19c9dd297651@draigBrady.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 25009 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 23/11/16 23:34, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 23/11/16 23:27, Eric Blake wrote: >> tag 25009 notabug >> thanks >> >> On 11/23/2016 05:02 PM, Kay Parker wrote: >>> ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-' >>> 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6 >>> should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6 >> >> Why? The documentation states: >> >> -b, --escape print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters >> >> but - looks like a graphical character to me, so it doesn't need an escape. >> >> I don't see a problem here, so I'm marking this as not a bug; however, >> feel free to followup with more details, such as better justification >> for why - should be treated as a nongraphic character. > > Note you may be expecting ls to quote the file name > so that it's subsequently usable as a parameter to a command. > In that case --quoting=shell is more appropriate. Actually 1\ -\ 2 is fine as a command parameter (as the shell doesn't split it). Sorry for the noise From unknown Thu Jun 19 12:36:27 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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