Spaces in folder/file names ~ termial

Garoth · 11-12-2004, 01:45 PM

Is there a key to replace the spaces in file names, folder names? Whenever there is a space in a path name, the terminal thinks its a break, even if it isnt. This, makes it difficult to do alot of things and I dont want to manually change the names of things. Any suggestions?

bigrigdriver · 11-12-2004, 01:56 PM

You need to escape the space with the backslash key. Example. let's say you have a folder in your home directory named My Music. To have the filename correctly interpreted by bash, you would have to enter it like this: ~/My\ Music, or /home/<username>/My\ Music (note the space after the backslash).