Undocumented behavior. Here is the test case: mkdir /tmp/testdir mkdir /tmp/testdir/"newline newline"
find /tmp/testdir -print /tmp/testdir /tmp/testdir/newline?newline Note the '?' in the above. No '?' in the below that is redirected. find /tmp/testdir -print | head /tmp/testdir /tmp/testdir/newline newline If stdout is a tty then the newline is mapped to '?'. But it isn't mapped if the output is redirected to a pipe or a file. This applies to the printf %p format too. This behavior appears to be undocumented. At least I couldn't find a reference to behavior differences based upon the output being a tty or not. I looked over http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/find.html and couldn't find anything allowing this behavior either. Did that character mapping sneak in unintentionally? Thanks, Bob P.S. I am well aware of -print0 and friends.
