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 #90 received at 25388-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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