GNU bug report logs - #31353
ls-quotes: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: billy noah <billynoah <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 02:51:02 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: billy noah <billynoah <at> gmail.com>, 31353 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31353: ls unexpectedly quoting filenames
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 23:01:12 -0700

billy noah wrote:

> No one seems to
> like this new behaviour
I like the new behavior. The old behavior had security problems, since file 
names with unusual characters could confuse users into thinking that the file 
system was X when it really was Y.  The new behavior avoids these problems, and 
so is safer and more predictable.  You can resurrect the old behavior, if you 
like, by using a shell script called 'ls' that invokes /usr/bin/ls with the 
settings you prefer.  However, the default settings should be safe, not risky.
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