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ls-quotes: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: billy noah <billynoah <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#31353: closed (Re: bug#31353: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:31:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#31353: ls-quotes: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames

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 31353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: billy noah <billynoah <at> gmail.com>, 31353-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31353: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:30:02 -0700

Hello,

On 2018-05-02 8:38 p.m., billy noah wrote:
> In a clean installation of Ubuntu 18.04 suddenly ls has defaulted to
> quoting filenames with tilde ~, spaces and other characters which may
> require escaping.  Some extended discussion can be found here:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/258679/why-is-ls-suddenly-wrapping-items-with-spaces-in-single-quotes
> 

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: billy noah <billynoah <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 22:38:03 -0400

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In a clean installation of Ubuntu 18.04 suddenly ls has defaulted to
quoting filenames with tilde ~, spaces and other characters which may
require escaping.  Some extended discussion can be found here:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/258679/why-is-ls-suddenly-wrapping-items-with-spaces-in-single-quotes

Please revert this to the decades old standard behaviour.  No one seems to
like this new behaviour and it has only led to mass confusion.  Having the
new quoted style as an option would be fine but it should not be the
default.  Please and thank you.

- Billy Noah

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