Re: Bash not escaping escape sequences in directory names

[Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 06:33:02PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 1/21/22 6:13 PM, Mike Jonkmans wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 03:29:47PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > > On 1/21/22 1:43 AM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Personally, I would be
> > > > less than pleased if my whole terminal turned red just because I
> > > > changed into a directory that happened to have a weird name.
> > > 
> > > A mild annoyance at best, don't you think?
> > 
> > Mostly an annoyance, but it has potential to be a security issue.
> 
> Highly unlikely. It would require an implausible scenario.

Mind if I use that quote? :-)

Example of interesting values to test in PS1, with discussions:

        https://security.stackexchange.com/q/56307


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Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri
SciLifeLab, NBIS, ICM
Uppsala University, Sweden

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