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FWIW, even Solaris has problems; here is how bash 2.04 under
Solaris 2.8 reacts to various escape patterns (the file name
is "2000;64(4):349--362.pdf").

% ls ~/docs/2000;64(4):349--362.pdf
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;64(4)'

% ls ~/docs/2000\;64(4):349--362.pdf
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;64(4'

% ls ~/docs/2000\;64(4):349--362.pdf
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;64(4'

% ls ~/docs/2000\;64\(4):349--362.pdf
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;64\(4):'

% ls ~/docs/2000\;64\(4)\:349--362.pdf
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;64\(4)\'

% ls ~/docs/2000\;64\(4\):349--362.pdf
/home/jeffw/docs/ann-hum-genet/2000;64(4):349--362.pdf


_None_ of these escape patterns, with or without quotes,
is acceptable inside a Makefile (with make 3.78.1).

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