[kOnshii]

Hello, im learning how to use Unix, at uni and about 2 weeks behind due to jumbled registration process,

im trying to self teach myself Unix to catch up and can't access files or folders using terminal at home that have a space in the middle of the names. eg,
Back up (folder)

it will tell me that there are too many arguments.

Do i need to substitued the space with somethign else. Because if i change the name of the Back up (folder) to Back_up i can then access it.

I don't want to change everyfile and folder with underscors, so can somebody who knows more about UNIX then i do, help me out.

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally posted by kOnshii:
im trying to self teach myself Unix to catch up and can't access files or folders using terminal at home that have a space in the middle of the names. eg,
Back up (folder)

Yo.

You need to escape the whitespace character so the Terminal doesn't get confused:

[ekm218-093-r:~] aorth% cd Phone\ Numbers/

You use the "\" to escape the space character... all should work well then.

[VEGAN]

Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
Yo.

You need to escape the whitespace character so the Terminal doesn't get confused:

[ekm218-093-r:~] aorth% cd Phone\ Numbers/

You use the "\" to escape the space character... all should work well then.

or...

cd "Phone Numebrs"

[warpmoon]

Coincidentally, you could also rename "Back up" to "Backup", which would be the correct spelling.


edit:

You can also start typing the name of the file/folder you wish to access and then press [TAB], this should autocomplete the name for you or show you a list of possible matches...

[kOnshii]

thank you all, that have been really helpful,

for some stupid reason, the book that i use to study in, didn't give me these alternatives, only said, "to avoid using spaces, try replacing them with underscores, thankyou very much