GNU bug report logs - #25388
ls-quotes: kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 03:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 25388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25388: Bug in ls, kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:07:41 -0800

On 01/09/2017 10:48 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
>     That's not what I'm used to: 

I couldn't parse your email. I was describing the common behavior in BSD
and GNU/Linux for ages, like this:

$ touch a b
$ ls
a  b
$ ls | more
a
b
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