mv command with files name include spaces
 

Dear all

one system send files to linux machine and it is name contains spaces and i tried to move it from one directory to other,but it show error

ex:-

mv -f file one file two
mv: target `one' is not a directory

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that is all :(

Use quotes:

First type:
press Tab and it should auto-complete it:

then put the destination directory. You can use either single or double quotes, but single quote is safer so that bash wont interpret anything in the quotes.

Hi H_TeXMeX_H,

Thanks alot,

it is work in command shell.

but is not work in bash script please any advice

This is from my bash script and it is work with for loop and it is fine when i show the result with echo. but when applied mv command show that error

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
mkdir -p /nfs04/archive/${DIR}/${year}/${month}/${day}/
mv -f '{$FILE}' /nfs04/archive/${DIR}/${year}/${month}/${day}/.
sleep 5
#---------------------------------------------------------------------

THIS IS THE RESULT OF set -x
+ mkdir -p /nfs04/archive/A_BCD_EFG_Disk0/2010/10/03/
+ mv -f '{A-BCD-EFG-Disk 0-201010031330-4095.SSS}' /nfs04/archive/A_BCD_EFG_Disk0/2010/10/03/.
mv: cannot stat `{A-BCD-EFG-Disk 0-201010031330-4095.SSS}': No such file or directory
+ sleep 5
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Regards

I think using backslash-space should work in a script. Suppose your file is called "my file". Then you could try
this should rename "my file" as "newfile". I've done this often on the command line but never tried it in a script.
ciao,
jdk

Thank you,

but i use bash script and file name save in parameter

and the files has different name for that i can't add backslash-space for it.

Try:

Thanks H_TeXMeX_H very much and it is work well.

Regards