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 Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:58 am Post subject: Updated bash(?) now files have ' ' around them in terms. |
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Something I updated (probably bash-4.3_p42-r2) within the last couple of days changed my terminal output (aterm, xterm, vt - all the same) so that directory and file names are surrounded with single quote marks. It's kind of annoying. How do I get rid of it?
A directory named My Documents turns into 'My Documents'.
I tried and the output in the term shows .
Someone please, tell me how to make it stop. It's so ugly.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:53 am Post subject: ><)))°€ |
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Seems like this here change in the program ls from sys-apps/coreutils: ls: default to --quoting=shell-escape for output to terminal
It is quite the change, and Debian for example seems to have went with reverting it pretty quickly, if I'm reading the resolution here correct-like at all.
There is the -N (--literal) option, but I'm not sure how it differs from the old default...
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manywele
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| Thank you for pinpointing the problem. The -N option works well enough for me for now. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 11:06 am Post subject: Re: ><)))°€ |
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| Chiitoo wrote: | | It is quite the change, and Debian for example seems to have went with reverting it pretty quickly, if I'm reading the resolution here correct-like at all. |
Chiitoo ... hehe, and the "reasons" provided:
| Quote: | | - It only happens when outputting to terminals |
... because consistancy in output is bad?
| Quote: | | - It disambiguates the output for users |
... only if ones idea of "ambiguity" is predicated on a such a "user", and that terminal output should conform to this users idea of what a file name is ... no metacharaters please. So, "unambiguious" here means conform to the predicates of the user interface, specifically the naming converntions developed under the GUI ... and which the "user" is conditioned to expect (having been schooled in that particular mode of thinking re "interface").
| Quote: | | - Output can be pasted back in the shell for further processing |
... yay! TTY has joined the ranks of its big brother, the GUI.
| Quote: | | - Users can get back to the old format by adding -N to their ls alias |
... and the "old format" of discouraging the use of metacharacters in filenames is placed in its proper context ... the predicates of the GUI and its use.
best ... khay |
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