Re: ls is broken, what's next cd?

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Michael <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 06/02/2018 20:16, Kaz Kylheku (Coreutils) wrote:
>>...
>>>> no, as explained it does not affect programs and scripts, because this
>>>> only changes the output to the terminal.
>>>
>>> Yes, I thought about that too. So, maybe I would have liked the choice
>>> to be able to have them quoted IF and/or WHEN I needed to cut/paste
>>> names. But now I must either not install coreutils (as I have that
>>> option) or always remember to add three characters (' -N') everytime I
>>> want normal ls output.
>>
>> Are you saying that even names without spaces are being quoted?
>
> No. Did not say that. But I hope they are - for consistencies sake. My
> complaint, as such, is about changing the default behavior, not about having
> an "option" to display filenames with quoting characters.

Perhaps a configure option would be a good compromise to provide both
behaviors for those who want want it/don't want it. Choice is usually
a good thing.

Jeff