On 23/11/16 23:34, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 23/11/16 23:27, Eric Blake wrote:
>> tag 25009 notabug
>> thanks
>>
>> On 11/23/2016 05:02 PM, Kay Parker wrote:
>>> ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-'
>>> 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6
>>> should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6
>>
>> Why? The docu
On 23/11/16 23:27, Eric Blake wrote:
> tag 25009 notabug
> thanks
>
> On 11/23/2016 05:02 PM, Kay Parker wrote:
>> ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-'
>> 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6
>> should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6
>
> Why? The documentation states:
>
> -b, --escape
tag 25009 notabug
thanks
On 11/23/2016 05:02 PM, Kay Parker wrote:
> ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-'
> 1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6
> should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6
Why? The documentation states:
-b, --escape print C-style escapes for nongraphic characters
but
ls -b (ls (GNU coreutils) 8.21): fails to escape '-'
1\ 2\ 3\ -\ 4\ -5\ 6
should be: 1\ 2\ 3\ \-\ 4\ \-5\ 6
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