[bug #64816] support ls' --quoting-style= option

2023-10-28 Thread Bernhard Voelker
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #64816 (project findutils): > [...] most of the POSIX shell and utilities have no support for printing or reading NUL delimited, it's only GNU extensions [...] well, you were asking for a GNU extension as well ... But back to the requirement. Of course, we can suggest

[bug #64816] support ls' --quoting-style= option

2023-10-28 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #64816 (project findutils): > Actually, NUL-terminated processing is the safest way of > file name processing with tools in shells Yes, but most of the POSIX shell and utilities have no support for printing or reading NUL delimited, it's only GNU extensions (well there

[bug #64816] support ls' --quoting-style= option

2023-10-28 Thread Bernhard Voelker
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #64816 (project findutils): > [...] shells don't work very well with NULL delimited output. I'm not sure I follow this statement. Actually, NUL-terminated processing is the safest way of file name processing with tools in shells, because the NUL character is the only o