Subject: bug#57350: 29.0.50; dired and filenames containing newlines

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 23:53:58 -0400

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  > But you can make it work by changing `dired-listing-switches':

  > ---
  > If you have files with names with embedded newline characters, adding
  > `b' to the switches will allow Dired to handle those files better.
  > ---

  > But that has other side effects some people don't like, which is why we
  > haven't changed the defaults.

What do people dislike about -b?

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