[bug #28308] Please change verbose to use double quotes in output (cp, mv etc: "FILE" -> "FILE")

[Jari Aalto]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?28308>

                 Summary: Please change verbose to use double quotes in
output (cp, mv etc: "FILE" -> "FILE")
                 Project: GNU Core Utilities
            Submitted by: jaalto
            Submitted on: Wed 16 Dec 2009 02:04:53 PM EET
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Currently the commands with verbose option on look like this:

$ touch a

$ cp -v a b
`a' -> `b'

$ mv -v a b
`a' -> `b'


The used quoting is problematic, because the the text cannot be copy pasted
to another place very easily:

  a) Trying to drag-n-paste in many times selects unwanted "`" which is a
shell meta character and causes conflicts on shell prompt.
  b) The text cannot be copied as is to another location, like written text,
because the quoting rules in a wider internationally context don't usually use
"`".

If possible consider changing the output display to use double quotes
instead:

  "a" > "b"






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