GNU bug report logs - #33433
Bug in directory listing display

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Brian Hartvigsen <brian <at> kentuckydigital.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33433: closed (Bug in directory listing display)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:41:02 +0000

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From: Brian Hartvigsen <brian <at> kentuckydigital.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug in directory listing display
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:49:42 -0500

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Hello,

On a recent install of Ubuntu I discovered a new bug in 'ls' which I
understand you guys maintain.

Items with spaces are incorrectly listed surrounded by single quotes. This
is problematic for a number of reasons. One of which is that files or
directories that contain a mix of quotes in their titles are now displayed
incorrectly. This bug also breaks existing scripts all over the place.

Please resolve this bug on the next release.


Brian Hartvigsen

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Brian Hartvigsen <brian <at> kentuckydigital.com>, 33433-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33433: Bug in directory listing display
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:40:37 -0700

Hello,

On 2018-11-19 10:49 a.m., Brian Hartvigsen wrote:
> Items with spaces are incorrectly listed surrounded by single quotes. This
> is problematic for a number of reasons. One of which is that files or
> directories that contain a mix of quotes in their titles are now displayed
> incorrectly. This bug also breaks existing scripts all over the place.
> 

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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