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(fileutils.info)Formatting the file names

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Formatting the file names
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   These options change how file names themselves are printed.

`-b'
`--escape'
`--quoting-style=escape'
     Quote nongraphic characters in file names using alphabetic and
     octal backslash sequences like those used in C.

`-N'
`--literal'
     Do not quote file names.

`-q'
`--hide-control-chars'
     Print question marks instead of nongraphic characters in file
     names.  This is the default if the output is a terminal and the
     program is `ls'.

`-Q'
`--quote-name'
`--quoting-style=c'
     Enclose file names in double quotes and quote nongraphic
     characters as in C.

`--quoting-style=WORD'
     Use style WORD to quote output names.  The WORD should be one of
     the following:
    `literal'
          Output names as-is. Output is still subject to locale
          settings so, for example, non-ascii characters will show up
          as `?' with the default locale. To see such characters,
          configure your locale (preferred) or use
          `--show-control-chars'.

    `shell'
          Quote names for the shell if they contain shell
          metacharacters or would cause ambiguous output.

    `shell-always'
          Quote names for the shell, even if they would normally not
          require quoting.

    `c'
          Quote names as for a C language string; this is the same as
          the `-Q' or `--quote-name' option.

    `escape'
          Quote as with `c' except omit the surrounding double-quote
          characters; this is the same as the `-b' or `--escape' option.

    `clocale'
          Quote as with `c' except use quotation marks appropriate for
          the locale.

    `locale'
          Like `clocale', but quote `like this' instead of "like this"
          in the default C locale.  This looks nicer on many displays.

     You can specify the default value of the `--quoting-style' option
     with the environment variable `QUOTING_STYLE'.  If that environment
     variable is not set, the default value is `literal', but this
     default may change to `shell' in a future version of this package.

`--show-control-chars'
     Print nongraphic characters as-is in file names.  This is the
     default unless the output is a terminal and the program is `ls'.