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List:       coreutils-bug
Subject:    bug#26991: New quoting takes up unnecessary space
From:       Assaf Gordon <assafgordon () gmail ! com>
Date:       2018-12-13 20:34:52
Message-ID: 1c3ddff7-7b3a-12b8-1cb1-710b15ec9e9e () gmail ! com
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Hello,

On 2017-05-19 6:37 p.m., L A Walsh wrote:
> 
> 
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 19/05/17 07:48, L A Walsh wrote:
>>>
>>> The new format uses extra spacing on columns where it isn't needed --
>>> but the extra space isn't enough to handle the 1 file that was quoted
>>> (needs 5 extra columns).   Where does it get '3' (and why doesn't it use
>>> 2?)?
>>


We created a summary of common issues and FAQs
regarding the quoting change in ls(1):
   https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/quotes.html

If there is an issue that is not addressed there,
please send an email to coreutils@gnu.org .

regards,
  - assaf



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