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sends non-printable characters to the terminal in error message

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Message #29 received at 79231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 79231 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#79231: sends non-printable characters to the terminal in
 error message
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:53:43 +0200

On 2025-08-18 01:31:38 +0200, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> Since January 2024, GNU ed is rejecting by default file names containing
> control chars and nobody has complained yet.

Perhaps for creation, but not as input, where GNU ed outputs
non-printable characters to the terminal due to the file name in
the error message. So this does not solve the problem. GNU ed is
as buggy as gzip in this respect. I've just reported the bug.

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