--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Test quoting output when standard output is a terminal.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ basename du ls readlink realpath printf test
+require_strace_ ioctl
+
+touch 'b ar' || framework_failure_
+ln -s 'b ar' 'f oo' || framework_failure_
+
+# Induce terminal probes to return true.
+# Also ensure a single ioctl(TCGETS) is intercepted.
+run_tty_ ()
+{
+ strace --quiet=all -o run_tty.strace -e trace=ioctl \
+ -e inject=ioctl:retval=0 "$@" &&
+
+ # Return status of these also so commands' tty detection
+ # is correlated with that of the initial 'test -t 1' probe
+ test "$(wc -l < run_tty.strace)" = 1 &&
+ grep 'ioctl.*TCGETS' run_tty.strace >/dev/null
+}
+
+run_tty_ env test -t 1 ||
+ skip_ 'strace cannot make standard output appear to be a terminal'
+
+# We're redirecting to file so this doesn't happen on glibc
+# but be defensive on systems that might probe in this case.
+run_tty_ env printf foo >printf.t &&
+ skip_ 'libc buffering induced a tty probe'
+
+for cmd in basename du 'ls -w0' readlink 'realpath --relative-to=.'; do
+ test "$cmd" = 'du' && field=2 || field=1
+
+ run_tty_ $cmd 'f oo' >quoted.t || fail=1
+ cut -f$field- quoted.t >quoted || framework_failure_
+
+ # Note ls theoretically doesn't need isatty() for a specified QUOTING_STYLE
+ # but it does need it to determine appropriate output format.
+ QUOTING_STYLE=literal run_tty_ $cmd 'f oo' >unquoted.t || fail=1
+ cut -f$field- unquoted.t >unquoted || framework_failure_
+
+ env printf '%q\n' "$(cat unquoted)" >printf_quoted || framework_failure_
+
+ compare quoted printf_quoted || fail=1
+done
+
+Exit $fail