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ls: unquoted names should be indented with a space if there is a quoted name #5632

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GNU ls indents unquoted names with a space if there is a quoted name:

$ touch a 'sp ace'
$ ls a 'sp ace' 
 a  'sp ace'
$ ls -l a 'sp ace' 
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Dec 10 16:38  a
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Dec 10 16:38 'sp ace'

uutils ls doesn't do such an indentation:

$ touch a 'sp ace'
$ cargo run ls a 'sp ace' 
a  'sp ace'
$ cargo run ls -l a 'sp ace' 
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Dec 10 16:38 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 dho dho 0 Dec 10 16:38 'sp ace'

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