On 10/08/16 15:21, Peter Ludikovsky wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 8.23-4 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > This came up due to a posting on debian-user-german [1]. Apparently > certain Unicode characters, at least LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING [2] and > RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING [3] do not trigger the escape code display for > ls with the -b option. > > An example script is attached, output: > > $ bash unicode_bidir_test.sh > + touch LTR > + touch RTL > + /bin/ls -l > total 4 > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 0 Aug 10 14:00 LTR > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 0 Aug 10 14:00 RTL > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 148 Aug 10 14:00 unicode_bidir_test.sh > + /bin/ls -lb > total 4 > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 0 Aug 10 14:00 LTR > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 0 Aug 10 14:00 RTL > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 148 Aug 10 14:00 unicode_bidir_test.sh > + /bin/ls -lb LTR > /bin/ls: cannot access LTR: No such file or directory > + /bin/ls -lb LTR > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 0 Aug 10 14:00 LTR > + /bin/ls -lb RTL > /bin/ls: cannot access RTL: No such file or directory > + /bin/ls -lb RTL > -rw-r--r--. 1 peter peter 0 Aug 10 14:00 RTL > > The expected output would be that those characters be shown, as they are > relevant when accessing a file on the command line. > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user-german/2016/08/msg00049.html > [2] http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/202a/index.htm > [3] http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/202b/index.htm > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 8.5 > APT prefers stable-updates > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > > Versions of packages coreutils depends on: > ii libacl1 2.2.52-2 > ii libattr1 1:2.4.47-2 > ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u4 > ii libselinux1 2.3-2 > > coreutils recommends no packages. > > coreutils suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information
Is your locale really "C" ? With mine set to "C" I get: $ LANG=C ls -l -rw-rw-r--. 1 padraig padraig 0 Aug 10 15:43 ???LTR -rw-rw-r--. 1 padraig padraig 0 Aug 10 15:43 ???RTL $ LANG=C ls -lb -rw-rw-r--. 1 padraig padraig 0 Aug 10 15:43 \342\200\252LTR -rw-rw-r--. 1 padraig padraig 0 Aug 10 15:43 \342\200\253RTL With the new quoting in version 8.25 you'll get a directly copy and pasteable representation like: $ LANG=C ~/git/coreutils/src/ls -l -rw-rw-r--. 1 padraig padraig 0 Aug 10 15:43 ''$'\342\200\252''LTR' -rw-rw-r--. 1 padraig padraig 0 Aug 10 15:43 ''$'\342\200\253''RTL' I'll need to experiment a bit with non "C" locale handling, and with various terminals, to see how best to handle this case. thanks, Pádraig
