Hello,

I created a directory a while ago that has a bunch of PDF's inside of it , I can browse that file and open the PDF's inside of it without issues. But when I open the Terminal and bowse to the file I get this:

[aaron@localhost aaron]$ ls
Desktop evolution prboom-2.2.3.tar.gz
Driver's Education log.txt rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin
[aaron@localhost aaron]$ cd Driver's Education
>
>
>
> q
>
>
>
[aaron@localhost aaron]$


As you can see typing " q " does nothing, nither does " ls " , or the " ESC " key.
Could someone please tell me what this is and why this directory is displaying this way?

Thanks in adavnce,

Aaron

The problem is with the cd command. There are certain characters that have a special meaning to the shell. Your cd command should look like one of the following:

1. cd Driver\'s\ Education
2. cd "Driver's Education"

Using a single quote (without a backslash before it and outside double quotes) is interpreted as the beginning of a string. The shell expects you to give it a second single quote to end the string. That's what was wrong with the command to start with. The apostrophe in Driver's was interpreted as the start of a string, but you never finished it. When you pressed the Enter key, the shell gave you another line to finish the string. It would continue to do that until you gave it another single quote. The '>' is just a minimal prompt to signify this is a multi-line command you're typing in.

Thanks that's a great description of the issue,

Aaron