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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished
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mlh |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished |
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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:12:25 +1100 |
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:11:15AM +0000, David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Er, sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I understand why you'd need
> escape sequences when the filename is embedded in something else,
> that wasn't my question. When the output is ONLY a list of files,
> the escaping seems excessive, because it complicates shell scripting.
Filenames may contain newlines. Now *that* complicates shell scripting.
Perhaps the escaped version should have an option to zero-terminate
a la gnu find/xargs.
Matt
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, David A. Wheeler, 2004/03/14
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, David A. Wheeler, 2004/03/14
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, Miles Bader, 2004/03/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished,
mlh <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, Tom Lord, 2004/03/15
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, Jan Hudec, 2004/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, Tom Lord, 2004/03/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, Jan Hudec, 2004/03/18
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] ANNOUNCE: Spaces in filenames, finished, Jan Hudec, 2004/03/17