Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:37:10 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 275967] man(1) does not support some special characters in filenames Message-ID: <bug-275967-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D275967 Bug ID: 275967 Summary: man(1) does not support some special characters in filenames Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: wosch@FreeBSD.org The shell script /usr/bin/man does not support some meta shell characters as "(", "&", ")", ">", "<", "|"; ";" E.g. $ cp /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz 'c;t.1.gz' $ /usr/bin/man "./c;t.1.gz" gzcat: can't stat: ./c: No such file or directory eval: t.1.gz: not found gzcat: can't stat: ./c: No such file or directory eval: t.1.gz: not found $ cp /usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz 'd(t.1.gz' $ /usr/bin/man "./d(t.1.gz" deval: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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