From e0d0dab35306bf0b6a77d559b80a0a4babe37e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "G. Branden Robinson" Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:46:17 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] find.1: access ` character portably MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit When using ` as the Unix shell's command output substitution operator, use the portable *roff `\(ga` special character escape sequence to ensure that we really format a grave accent rather than a typographer's single quotation mark (‘). * find/find.1: Do the above. Discussed at: https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-findutils/2025-11/msg00094.html Copyright-paperwork-exempt: Yes --- find/find.1 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index a1fb5cb7..4dd9c431 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -2266,7 +2266,7 @@ and . .SH EXAMPLES .\" A bulleted \(bu list of examples. -.SS "Simple `find|xargs` approach" +.SS "Simple \(gafind|xargs\(ga approach" .IP \(bu 4n Find files named .I core @@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ and delete them. Note that this will work incorrectly if there are any filenames containing newlines, single or double quotes, or spaces. . -.SS "Safer `find \-print0 | xargs \-0` approach" +.SS "Safer \(gafind \-print0 | xargs \-0\(ga approach" .IP \(bu 4n Find files named \fIcore\fP in or below the directory \fI/tmp\fP and delete them, processing filenames in such a way that file or