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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Message #8 received at 25388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 25388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25388: Bug in ls,
 kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2017 10:02:03 +0100

On Jan 06 2017, L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org> wrote:

> The new ls doesn't maintain backwards compatibility.
> The default options now add extraneous quotes to
> some filenames.
>
> Anyplace one uses 'ls -1' to read 1 file/line
> now breaks.
>
> This is a regression as it breaks existing
> scripts and behavior.

Does it?

$ touch 'a b'
$ ls -1 | grep "'"

Andreas.

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