bug#23896: ls incorrectly shows quotes when listing file names with spaces

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello,

On 2016-07-05 3:20 a.m., Ruediger Meier wrote:
> On Monday 04 July 2016, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > On 04/07/16 19:11, Shamim Islam wrote:
> > > Description of problem:
> > > Terminal sessions display quotes for files with spaces in them.
> > > This is non-intuitive behavior. The file name does not have quotes
> > > unless quotes have been used in the filename. The coreutil ls has
> > > been updated to default to this new behavior. This behavior should
> > > not be foisted on users but users should be allowed to choose
> > > whether they want to OPT IN. Debian and Ubuntu distros have already
> > > reverted.

We created a summary of common issues and FAQs
regarding the quoting change in ls(1):
  https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html

If there is an issue that is not addressed there,
please send an email to address@hidden .

regards,
 - assaf