#1148130 findutils: the -ls switch doesn't show unicode chars of filenames

Package:
findutils
Source:
findutils
Description:
utilities for finding files--find, xargs
Submitter:
Dieter Faulbaum
Date:
2026-09-17 11:21:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1148130#5
Date:
2026-09-17 11:18:47 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

The '-ls' switch of find doesn't show unicode characters.
Example:
'touch ÄÖÜäöüß'
'ls -dils ÄÖÜäöüß' (which should be emulated by find -ls from the man-page)
shows it well:
24632 0 -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 0 2026-09-17 12:58:10 ÄÖÜäöüß
but 'find . -maxdepth 1 -name "Ä*" -ls' show this:
24632      0 -rw-rw-r--   1 user     user            0 Sep 17 12:58
./\303\204\303\226\303\234\303\244\303\266\303\274\303\237
Without the '-ls' switch find works well too:
'find . -maxdepth 1 -name "Ä*"':
./ÄÖÜäöüß