Paul Eggert <eggert@HIDDEN>
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Full text available.Received: (at 51507) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Oct 2021 00:02:15 +0000 From debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sat Oct 30 20:02:15 2021 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58631 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1mgyIh-0002Ce-BY for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:02:15 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:44980) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <eggert@HIDDEN>) id 1mgyIV-0001xY-9D for 51507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 20:02:03 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16551600FC; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id cbJeSa5x_vyv; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D31DE1600FD; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id AS83JD7Xv3nP; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (cpe-172-91-119-151.socal.res.rr.com [172.91.119.151]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B28E61600FC; Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <bb855116-c32d-4ddc-3da9-342de93690ec@HIDDEN> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:56 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.1.2 Content-Language: en-US To: Joel Hansen <thejoelhansen@HIDDEN> References: <CAN_4n3SiVznH6oczdOK5NoiezbNTKDo8+XSnRRXsnsZjjkRFBA@HIDDEN> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@HIDDEN> Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Subject: Re: bug#51507: ls incorrectly displays single quotes In-Reply-To: <CAN_4n3SiVznH6oczdOK5NoiezbNTKDo8+XSnRRXsnsZjjkRFBA@HIDDEN> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 51507 Cc: 51507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) On 10/29/21 13:32, Joel Hansen wrote: > ls is incorrectly displaying single quotes around folders with spaces in > them. This is confusing and unhelpful. Opinions evidently differ on that point. That being said, here's an example where the quotes help and where your suggestion of using -N everywhere would introduce confusion. $ ls -lN total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 eggert eggert 6 Oct 30 16:55 c -> a -> b lrwxrwxrwx 1 eggert eggert 1 Oct 30 16:56 c -> a -> b $ ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 eggert eggert 6 Oct 30 16:55 c -> 'a -> b' lrwxrwxrwx 1 eggert eggert 1 Oct 30 16:56 'c -> a' -> b
bug-coreutils@HIDDEN:bug#51507; Package coreutils.
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This is confusing and unhelpful. A temporary fix is to use update my ls alias with -N, on every machine I use, everywhere. --000000000000eff43f05cf83b9e3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">ls is incorrectly displaying=C2=A0single quotes around=C2= =A0folders with spaces in them. This is confusing and unhelpful.=C2=A0<div>= <br></div><div>A temporary fix is to use update my ls alias with -N, on eve= ry machine I use, everywhere.</div></div> --000000000000eff43f05cf83b9e3--
Joel Hansen <thejoelhansen@HIDDEN>:bug-coreutils@HIDDEN.
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