On 29/01/16 16:50, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 8.25-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> tglase@tglase-nb:~ $ mkdir -p foo/{a,b\ c}; cd foo; /bin/ls                   
>                                   
> a  'b c'
> 
> ’nuff said… this *should* be:
> 
> (pbuild17294)root@tglase-nb:/# mkdir -p foo/{a,b\ c}; cd foo; /bin/ls
> a  b c

A few points about the change.

- It only happens when outputting to terminals
- It disambiguates the output for users
- Output can be pasted back in the shell for further processing
- Users can get back to the old format by adding -N to their ls alias

cheers,
Pádraig

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