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FTA: > Today in some versions of Linux `ls` puts single quotes around file names which contain white space likely in order to have those paths easier to copy a
by mturmon 6y ago
FTA:
> Today in some versions of Linux `ls` puts single quotes around file names which contain white space likely in order to have those paths easier to copy and paste, but it does so only if !isatty().
I almost fainted. I believe this is a misprint: Linux puts the single quotes only if isatty().
The author's tweet, linked nearby, uses different wording and gets it right.