On 05/02/2016 03:27 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the char in
> its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' .
That is intentional; in the same vein as the way 'ls' changed its
default output for files with awkward characters.
Pádraig Brady writes:
Hi,
>> I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the char in
>> its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' .
>
>> This looks pretty strange. It is with "stat (GNU coreutils) 8.25". Earlier
>> stat versions, say "stat (GNU
On 02/05/16 15:27, Michael Albinus wrote:
Eric Blake writes:
Hi Eric,
I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the char in
its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' .
That is intentional; in the same vein as the way 'ls' changed its
default output
Pádraig Brady writes:
>> Thanks for the hint with QUOTING_STYLE. However, it doesn't work for me:
>>
>> # env QUOTING_STYLE=escape /usr/bin/stat -c %N /tmp/foo*
>> '/tmp/foo'$'\t''bar'
>
> Right, stat currently hard codes the "shell" style.
> It probably makes sense to have
On 02/05/16 10:27, Michael Albinus wrote:
Hi,
I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the char in
its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' .
This looks pretty strange. It is with "stat (GNU coreutils) 8.25". Earlier
stat versions, say "stat (GNU coreutils) 6.12" on
On 05/02/2016 03:19 PM, Ruediger Meier wrote:
This new quoting style default is just ugly, unreadable and annoying.
If you can think of an unambiguous output style that is beautiful,
readable, and pleasant, please let us know.
On Monday 02 May 2016, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Pádraig Brady writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> >> I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the
> >> char in its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar'
> >> .
> >>
> >> This looks pretty strange. It is with "stat (GNU
Eric Blake writes:
Hi Eric,
>> I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the char in
>> its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' .
>
> That is intentional; in the same vein as the way 'ls' changed its
> default output for files with awkward characters.
Hi,
I have a file called "foobar". Yes, it includes the char in
its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' .
This looks pretty strange. It is with "stat (GNU coreutils) 8.25". Earlier
stat versions, say "stat (GNU coreutils) 6.12" on a very old machine I
have access too, used to