John SiracusaJan 23, 2023
I discovered this change today while playing with a “modern” Linux install, and I’m unreasonably upset about it. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/258679/why-is-ls-suddenly-wrapping-items-with-spaces-in-single-quotes
Why is 'ls' suddenly wrapping items with spaces in single quotes?

I just noticed that on one of my machines (running Debian Sid) whenever I type ls any file name with spaces has single quotes surrounding it. I immediately checked my aliases, only to find them int...

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Show threadCliff MaierJan 23, 2023
@siracusa is it only when outputting to the terminal? Or when you pipe it, too?
Show threadJohn SiracusaJan 23, 2023
@cmaier I don’t know.
Show threadArno Hautala
@siracusa @cmaier piping and scripts look to be “safe”:
$ touch ls\ test
$ ls ls\ test
'ls test'
$ ls ls\ test | cat
ls test
$ ls -N ls\ test
ls test
Jan 23, 2023 at 3:11amIceCubesApp