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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-02-11 08:44:39 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2004-02-11 08:44:39 +0000 |
commit | b9cff869091cb5feef3666a924a088f2c768f088 (patch) | |
tree | dcddec05dec1c35a9925dbf12f3955ba9c2b40a5 /doc/coreutils.texi | |
parent | f709d423efdf37e2f381fc2a14ee4fd4ab1123c7 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-b9cff869091cb5feef3666a924a088f2c768f088.tar.xz |
revert unrelated (ls --quoting-style) part of last change
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index fa0f54d23..d1ddc117e 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -5922,39 +5922,29 @@ in C. @item --quoting-style=@var{word} @opindex --quoting-style @cindex quoting style -Use style @var{word} to quote names. The quoting-style algorithm -takes a file name as input, and outputs a quoted version of the input -name. The @var{word} should +Use style @var{word} to quote output names. The @var{word} should be one of the following: @table @samp @item literal -Output as-is; this is the same as the @option{-N} or +Output names as-is; this is the same as the @option{-N} or @option{--literal} option. @item shell -Quote for the shell if the input contains shell metacharacters or would +Quote names for the shell if they contain shell metacharacters or would cause ambiguous output. -The quoting is suitable for @acronym{POSIX}-compatible shells like -@command{bash}, but it does not always work for incompatible shells -like @command{csh}. @item shell-always -Quote for the shell, even if the input would normally not require -quoting. +Quote names for the shell, even if they would normally not require quoting. @item c -Output a C character string literal, including the surrounding -double-quote characters; this is the same as the +Quote names as for a C language string; this is the same as the @option{-Q} or @option{--quote-name} option. @item escape -Output a C character string literal, except omit the -surrounding double-quote +Quote as with @samp{c} except omit the surrounding double-quote characters; this is the same as the @option{-b} or @option{--escape} option. @item clocale -Output a C character string literal, except use surrounding quotation -marks appropriate for the locale. +Quote as with @samp{c} except use quotation marks appropriate for the +locale. @item locale @c Use @t instead of @samp to avoid duplicate quoting in some output styles. -Output a C character string literal, except use surrounding -quotation marks appropriate for the locale, and quote @t{`like this'} -instead of @t{"like +Like @samp{clocale}, but quote @t{`like this'} instead of @t{"like this"} in the default C locale. This looks nicer on many displays. @end table |