From e897dfd023dad6b9173ad457fc9d9110f2403a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:48:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] basename: quote problematic names on tty

* doc/coreutils.texi (basename invocation): Mention $QUOTING_STYLE
is significant.
* src/basename.c (perform_basename, main): Quote output when
appropriate.
* tests/misc/basename.pl: Add a test case.
* NEWS: Mention the improvement.
---
 NEWS                   |  2 +-
 doc/coreutils.texi     |  5 +++++
 src/basename.c         | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 tests/misc/basename.pl | 10 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7d17ff5e63..0667f4fddc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   'install -C' will now avoid updating file metadata when the destination
   already has the appropriate ownership and permissions.
 
-  'realpath' now quotes output in shell-escape style when
+  'basename' and 'realpath' now quote output in shell-escape style when
   standard output is a terminal.  The QUOTING_STYLE environment variable
   can be used to adjust or disable the quoting.
 
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index c17fda0f9b..d9b6a8761f 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -14193,6 +14193,11 @@ This option implies the @option{-a} option.
 
 @end table
 
+When standard output is a terminal, output is quoted using the
+@samp{shell-escape} style.  The environment variable
+@env{QUOTING_STYLE} specifies the quoting style.  Valid quoting styles are:
+@quotingStyles
+
 @exitstatus
 
 Examples:
diff --git a/src/basename.c b/src/basename.c
index 96bbb71c52..4fc0864355 100644
--- a/src/basename.c
+++ b/src/basename.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#include "argmatch.h"  /* argmatch($QUOTING_STYLE).  */
 #include "system.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
 
+static bool quote_output;
+
 static struct option const longopts[] =
 {
   {"multiple", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ perform_basename (char const *string, char const *suffix, idx_t suffix_len,
       && ! FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name))
     remove_suffix (name, suffix, suffix_len);
 
-  fputs (name, stdout);
+  fputs (quote_output ? quoteN (name) : name, stdout);
   putchar (use_nuls ? '\0' : '\n');
   free (name);
 }
@@ -188,6 +191,18 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         }
     }
 
+  if (!use_nuls && isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
+    {
+      int qs = getenv_quoting_style ();
+      if (qs < 0)
+        qs = shell_escape_quoting_style;
+      if (qs != literal_quoting_style)
+        {
+          set_quoting_style (NULL, qs);
+          quote_output = true;
+        }
+    }
+
   idx_t suffix_len = suffix ? strlen (suffix) : 0;
 
   char **file = argv + optind;
diff --git a/tests/misc/basename.pl b/tests/misc/basename.pl
index 8188817b88..98607b7878 100755
--- a/tests/misc/basename.pl
+++ b/tests/misc/basename.pl
@@ -62,12 +62,22 @@ my @Tests =
      ['9', qw(fs ''),      {OUT => 'fs'}],
      ['10', qw(fs/ s/),    {OUT => 'fs'}],
 
+     # QUOTING_STYLE does not affect redirected output.
+     ['q-lit', q{'d/q name'}, {ENV => 'QUOTING_STYLE=literal'},
+      {OUT => 'q name'}],
+     ['q-shell', q{'d/q name'}, {ENV => 'QUOTING_STYLE=shell-always'},
+      {OUT => 'q name'}],
+     ['q-invalid', q{'d/q name'}, {ENV => 'QUOTING_STYLE=invalid'},
+      {OUT => 'q name'}],
+
      # Exercise -z option.
      ['z0', qw(-z a),       {OUT => "a\0"}],
      ['z1', qw(--zero a),   {OUT => "a\0"}],
      ['z2', qw(-za a b),    {OUT => "a\0b\0"}],
      ['z3', qw(-z ba a),    {OUT => "b\0"}],
      ['z4', qw(-z -s a ba), {OUT => "b\0"}],
+     ['z-quote', q{-z 'q name'}, {ENV => 'QUOTING_STYLE=invalid'},
+      {OUT => "q name\0"}],
    );
 
 # Append a newline to end of each expected 'OUT' string.
-- 
2.47.3