URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?28308>
Summary: Please change verbose to use double quotes in
output (cp, mv etc: "FILE" -> "FILE")
Project: GNU Core Utilities
Submitted by: jaalto
Submitted on: Wed 16 Dec 2009 02:04:53 PM EET
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
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Details:
Currently the commands with verbose option on look like this:
$ touch a
$ cp -v a b
`a' -> `b'
$ mv -v a b
`a' -> `b'
The used quoting is problematic, because the the text cannot be copy pasted
to another place very easily:
a) Trying to drag-n-paste in many times selects unwanted "`" which is a
shell meta character and causes conflicts on shell prompt.
b) The text cannot be copied as is to another location, like written text,
because the quoting rules in a wider internationally context don't usually use
"`".
If possible consider changing the output display to use double quotes
instead:
"a" > "b"
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