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ls-quotes: kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Subject: bug#25388: closed (Re: bug#25388: Bug in ls, kills existing
 scripts reading "ls" -1 as input)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:30:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#25388: ls-quotes: kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input

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 25388 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>, 25388-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25388: Bug in ls, kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as
 input
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:29:08 -0700

Hello,

>>> 'ls' did not recently add any more cases where tty output differs from
>>> non-tty output when all other things are equal in the default state.
>>> All that changed was that tty output is formatted differently than it
>>> has been in the past.
>> ----

We created a summary of common issues and FAQs
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: L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug in ls, kills existing scripts reading "ls" -1 as input
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 19:52:22 -0800

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.

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