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"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
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> Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> writes:
> > "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
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> >> Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> writes:
> >
> >> > Running 'ls -b "foo bar"' yields:
> >> >
> >> > On Lunix:   foo\ bar
> >> > On IRIX:    foo\0x4bar
> >> > On Solaris: foo bar
> >> > On NetBSD:  foo bar
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> >> I think shockingly, the Linux behavior seems most in accord with what
> >> one would expect -b to do (and with what is most useful to the user.)
> >
> > Actually, if the manual page that '-b' "prints octal escapes for
> > nongraphic characters", then using "\ " for a space doesn't seem
> > quite correct.
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> That's not what the manual says for -b -- it is what it says for -B.

Yes, in _our_ manual page.  The GNU ls manual page, however, says for
'-b'  "print octal escapes for nongraphic characters".  (Well, at least
the particular version of Linux I happen to have access to.)

> So -b uses "escape codes" and not "octal escapes".

Yes, if you do it right. :-)

-Jan

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   This is so cool I have to go to the bathroom.

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