I know this should be easy...

I'm using Ubuntu 8.04. I am trying to move files from an ISO I have mounted on my desktop to a USB stick (it's part of putting together a Backtrack USB). Since I am not root the system will not allow me to copy some of the files. I have been using

$ sudo cp filename directorypath

everything was working until i got to files like these:

emerald-themes-0.6.99-i486-1bmg.lzm

When I use the commands for these files i get:

cp: cannot stat filename : no such file or directory

I think that this is because the file names contain illegal characters, but i need to find a way around this. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

I'm not sure what you mean by illegal characters, but the error message is quite clear. One thing you can do is to use tab completion: type the first few characters of the filename and then hit tab and either the name will be completed (if there is only one file whose name starts with the characters you've entered), or you'll be presented with a list of all the files in that directory that have names beginning with the characters you've entered.

Also, you can use the command ls (the first character is a lowercase L) to list the files in the current directory.

Actually it was your mentioning that the 'l' in 'ls' is a small 'L' that gave it to me. What I thought was an "l" was actuall a "1." Thanks for the help man.

You can use TAB to complete
type
cp emerald
the press TAB to complete