Re: Quoting of unprintable characters in the output of find

[Eric Blake]

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According to James Youngman on 12/7/2005 1:43 AM:
> 
> This means that I'm considering changing the output quoting method for
> -ls and -print where the output goes to a tty.  Should I also consider
> changing -ls and -fls to just print the literal pathname if the output
> is going to a non-terminal?

I would argue for adding a --quoting-style option (or -quoting-style) to
match ls, and allow the user to choose which output quoting style find
uses, regardless of whether stdout is a tty or not.  When that flag is not
present, I would make all filenames printed to a tty be quoted on the
grounds that it is for human consumption, and all filenames printed to a
non-terminal be literal on the grounds that the tool you are piping to
should not have to unquote the name.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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