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Linux can't read windows'File's name with space in it

Hi!
I have to burn so windows files but those files are in folders with names which contain blanks. It seems that linux can't recognize them. if I do ls -l, I get:

Quote:

dr-x------ 4 root root 4096 Mar 31 16:46 ArcPad StreetMap GDT Datasets
dr-x------ 23 root root 4096 Jan 30 12:16 Paket 1 - ArcGIS 9
dr-x------ 9 root root 4096 Jan 30 12:20 Paket 2 - ArcGIS Server
dr-x------ 13 root root 4096 Jun 20 11:09 RECYCLER
dr-x------ 21 root root 4096 Jun 20 12:07 System Volume Information

But when I copy the name, I get:

Quote:

sudo ls -l /media/disk/ZID/Paket 1 - ArcGIS
ls: /media/disk/ZID/Paket: No such file or directory
ls: 1: No such file or directory
ls: -: No such file or directory
ls: ArcGIS: No such file or directory
ls: 9: No such file or directory

What can I do? The files don't belong to me, so I don't rename them (I wouldn't be abble to anyway!).
Thanks.

Either put the file/directory name between double quotes, or use a slash, e.g.

$ ls /path/to/"Some directory with spaces"

$ ls /path/to/Some\ Directory\ with\ spaces

If the file or directory name is unique, you can use tab completion to do this automatically (type the first few characters and then press the Tab key).

Thanks! the problem is that I always use sudo and tab key doesn't work where root rights are needed. I've now switched on su, and tab key works. Thanks again for the quick answer.

Another way of doing it is just to place double qoutes aroung the whole file name IE

cd "/usr/path files/somedir"