# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1650638652 25200
# Node ID b9e4d91d20ce71d34e43a4a5022a6fde17945d2d
# Parent  98bff974934573f85bdc28d2be057ac976b532bf# Parent  42cf341406996a7a565603babb004b80b18572f8
maint: merge stable to default.

diff -r 98bff9749345 -r b9e4d91d20ce scripts/miscellaneous/ls.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/ls.m	Fri Apr 22 08:55:26 2022 +0200
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/ls.m	Fri Apr 22 07:44:12 2022 -0700
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
       endif
     else
       ## Escape any special characters in filename
-      args = regexprep (args, '([^][\w.*?-])', '\\$1');
+      args = regexprep (args, '(?<!\\)([^][\w.*?-\\])', '\\$1');
       ## Undo escaped spaces following command args
       ## Only used for command form where single str contains many args.
       ## Example: list = ls ("-l /usr/bin")