Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> writes: Hi Eric,
>> I have a file called "foo<TAB>bar". Yes, it includes the <TAB> char in >> its name. When I call "stat -c %N", I get 'foo'$'\t''bar' . > > That is intentional; in the same vein as the way 'ls' changed its > default output for files with awkward characters. The defaults are to > quote in a way that is reusable by shells that understand $'' quoting > (since POSIX will be adding support for it). And you can always select > other quoting methods, via the QUOTING_STYLE environment variable. Thanks for the hint with QUOTING_STYLE. However, it doesn't work for me: # env QUOTING_STYLE=escape /usr/bin/stat -c %N /tmp/foo* '/tmp/foo'$'\t''bar' Best regards, Michael.
