Re: is there a real escape "quoting" style for ls?

[Erik Auerswald]

Hi all,

one obvious problem is that the "escape" quoting style does not[*]
escape the single quote, see below.

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 04:16:14PM -0700, Kaz Kylheku (Coreutils) wrote:
> On 2018-05-13 09:30, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> >On 5/13/18 1:08 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
> >> [...]
> >     escape                  A\ Knight's\ Tale:\ Part\ 2
                                        ^^^
                                        missing escape
> > [...]
> >
> >bash command line completion gives me one of
> >
> >     A\ Knight\'s\ Tale\:\ Part\ 2
                ^^^
                correct escape
> > [...]
> 
> In that case, sure, this style will not do:
> 
>   $ A\ Knight's\ Tale:\ [Tab]
              ^^^
              missing escape

Thanks,
Erik

[*] I have taken this from the emails, not verified with a file.