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29.0.50; Dired fails to operate on files with newline charachters in name

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; Dired fails to operate on files with newline charachters
 in name
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:39:12 +0000

If I create a file in the shell using

   $ touch "one
   two"
   $ ls
   'one'$'\n''two'

and try to open this directory using Dired, I get the following

    -rw-r--r--. 1 philip philip    0 Oct 20 19:37 one
  two

where the "t" in two is highlighted.  If I try to mark the file and
delete it, Dired attempts to delete the file "one", that luckily doesn't
exist.

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Message #8 received at 58664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 58664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58664: 29.0.50; Dired fails to operate on files with
 newline charachters in name
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:51:51 +0200

On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:39:12 +0000 Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> wrote:

> If I create a file in the shell using
>
>    $ touch "one
>    two"
>    $ ls
>    'one'$'\n''two'
>
> and try to open this directory using Dired, I get the following
>
>     -rw-r--r--. 1 philip philip    0 Oct 20 19:37 one
>   two
>
> where the "t" in two is highlighted.  If I try to mark the file and
> delete it, Dired attempts to delete the file "one", that luckily doesn't
> exist.

See (emacs) Dired Enter:

     Dired does not handle files that have names with embedded newline
  characters well.  If you have many such files, you may consider adding
  ‘-b’ to ‘dired-listing-switches’.  This will quote all special
  characters and allow Dired to handle them better.  (You can also use the
  ‘C-u C-x d’ command to add ‘-b’ temporarily.)

Steve Berman

Message #11 received at 58664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 58664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58664: 29.0.50;
 Dired fails to operate on files with newline charachters in name
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:54:39 +0300

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:39:12 +0000
> 
> 
> If I create a file in the shell using
> 
>    $ touch "one
>    two"
>    $ ls
>    'one'$'\n''two'
> 
> and try to open this directory using Dired, I get the following
> 
>     -rw-r--r--. 1 philip philip    0 Oct 20 19:37 one
>   two
> 
> where the "t" in two is highlighted.  If I try to mark the file and
> delete it, Dired attempts to delete the file "one", that luckily doesn't
> exist.

This is a known issue.  The best solution we have for it is to use -b
in the ls switches used by Dired.  (That cannot be the default because
-b has adverse effect in other cases.)

Message #18 received at 58664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, 58664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58664: 29.0.50; Dired fails to operate on files with newline
 charachters in name
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:01:55 -0800

tags 58664 + wontfix
close 58664
thanks

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

>> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
>> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:39:12 +0000
>>
>>
>> If I create a file in the shell using
>>
>>    $ touch "one
>>    two"
>>    $ ls
>>    'one'$'\n''two'
>>
>> and try to open this directory using Dired, I get the following
>>
>>     -rw-r--r--. 1 philip philip    0 Oct 20 19:37 one
>>   two
>>
>> where the "t" in two is highlighted.  If I try to mark the file and
>> delete it, Dired attempts to delete the file "one", that luckily doesn't
>> exist.
>
> This is a known issue.  The best solution we have for it is to use -b
> in the ls switches used by Dired.  (That cannot be the default because
> -b has adverse effect in other cases.)

So I think this is a wontfix.  I'm therefore closing this bug report.

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