diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index cae82ea4..661784a4 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -100,10 +100,7 @@ func printPath(label, path string, stdoutIsTerminal bool) {
 		log.Printf("%s: skipping path with newline: %q", label, path)
 		return
 	}
-	if stdoutIsTerminal {
-		path = sanitizeName(path)
-	}
-	fmt.Println(path)
+	fmt.Println(sanitizeStdout(path, stdoutIsTerminal))
 }
 
 func writeLastDir(filename, lastDir string) {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7d988794..412b920e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -346,14 +346,8 @@ Options:
 			return
 		}
 		// sanitize untrusted names when writing to a terminal
-		if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) {
-			lines := strings.Split(resp, "\n")
-			for i := range lines {
-				lines[i] = sanitizeName(lines[i])
-			}
-			resp = strings.Join(lines, "\n")
-		}
-		fmt.Print(resp)
+		stdoutIsTerminal := term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd()))
+		fmt.Print(sanitizeStdout(resp, stdoutIsTerminal))
 	case *serverMode:
 		if err := os.Chdir(gUser.HomeDir); err != nil {
 			log.Print(err)
diff --git a/termseq.go b/termseq.go
index 19803b00..f904cad8 100644
--- a/termseq.go
+++ b/termseq.go
@@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ func sanitizeName(s string) string {
 	}, s)
 }
 
+// sanitizeStdout strips per-line control bytes when stdout is a terminal.
+func sanitizeStdout(s string, stdoutIsTerminal bool) string {
+	if !stdoutIsTerminal {
+		return s
+	}
+	lines := strings.Split(s, "\n")
+	for i := range lines {
+		lines[i] = sanitizeName(lines[i])
+	}
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
 // sanitizeMessage sanitizes a message intended for the message line. Like
 // sanitizeName it strips control runes, but it preserves terminal sequences
 // that lf itself recognizes (SGR, EL, OSC 8) so internal messages that use