directory names and bash

BrainPowered · 10-30-2015, 09:46 PM

17.2:
I want to name folders in an outline format like:

~/MyDir/III. Operations/D. Marketing/01. Management/A). Analytics/

When I use terminal to reference the directory I get "syntax error near )"
and Analytics is not a directory (without the A).

What is happening here? I thought there wasn't any problem naming files and directories with periods (dots) and can use characters with some exceptions like '/', '0', and maybe '_'

berndbausch · 10-30-2015, 09:57 PM

Parentheses and blanks have special meaning in bash. To remove that meaning, you need to quote them. Examples:

Code:

mkdir "A). Analytics"
mkdir 'A). Analytics'
mkdir A\).\ Analytics

Within two double quotes, the special meaning of almost all characters is removed.
Single quotes work on all characters except single quotes.
The backslash quotes a single character.

BrainPowered · 10-30-2015, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by berndbausch

Parentheses and blanks have special meaning in bash.

Ok. I can work with that.
Thanks berndbausch.