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27.1; Dired cannot handle file which name contains linebreak

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Message #17 received at 43789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 43789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Zhu Zihao <all_but_last <at> 163.com>
Subject: Re: bug#43789: 27.1; Dired cannot handle file which name contains
 linebreak
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:39:54 +0200

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I think this would have unwanted effect on other control characters.
> ISTR this was discussed in the past, but I cannot find that discussion
> at the moment.

I experimented a bit with two files, one with a newline and one with a
C-b character:

[Message part 2 (image/png, inline)]

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]

The latter works in dired by default, while the former doesn't.

Adding b to the switches gives me:

[Message part 4 (image/png, inline)]

[Message part 5 (text/plain, inline)]

The C-b file still works, and the one with newline also works.

Does anybody remember what the unwanted effect was?

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