Bug 429364

Summary:	Dolphin does not display dollar sign ($) in some file names
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Yann Salmon <contact+bugs+kde>
Component:	view-engine: general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kfm-devel, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	19.12.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Yann Salmon 2020-11-19 20:12:57 UTC

SUMMARY
I accidentally created a file with a dollar sign in it. Dolphin does not display that sign in the name. This could cause confusion, at least.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. With bash, run touch 'file.na'$'me'
2. Open Dolphin and display the containing folder

OBSERVED RESULT
File is displayed as file.name


EXPECTED RESULT
File should be displayed as file.na$me

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 20.04
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0
Qt Version: 5.12.8

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
When the name ends with $, it gets displayed (eg. touch 'filename'$). But adding an empty string after makes it disappear (eg. touch 'filename'$'').

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-11-19 20:32:50 UTC

`touch 'file.na'$'me'` Actually results in a file without a dollar sign in it at all.

You would need to do `touch 'file.na'\$'me'`, and this produces a file with a dollar sign in it as expected. Essentially the dollar sign needs to be be escaped or else your shell interprets it it as the start of a variable.

Comment 2 Yann Salmon 2020-11-19 20:40:45 UTC

This makes sense !

However I do have a file that is listed as 'base2019.sqlite'$'\n' with ls and is displayed as base2019.sqlite by dolphin.

I do not remember how I created them, so I tried to do it again but failed.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-11-19 21:50:06 UTC

I can't manage to get a file by that name to get created, which is an indication that it's pretty invalid. :)

Any chance you can figure out how to create it?

Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2020-12-04 04:34:20 UTC

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Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2020-12-19 04:35:50 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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