Windows director/file names with spaces. How to access them?

correro · 03-10-2003, 04:14 AM

I mounted a Windows partition onto my Linux box (RH8). And then I ran into the problem of accessing files/folders whose names contain spaces in them, like "My Documents".

How can I get around this?

correro · 03-10-2003, 04:17 AM

hehehe i can answer this question that i posed myself, 'cus i figured it out two seconds after i posted it.

if you have a similar problem, you just put the names in quotes. That simple

acid_kewpie · 03-10-2003, 04:18 AM

either put the name in double quote marks: "My Documents" or escape the space: My\ Documents. i'd assume that you've not found bash auto completion though (if you're using bash that is) just type "My" and press tab and it shoudl fill the rest of the filename in for you

correro · 03-10-2003, 06:58 PM

you're right, acid kewpie. I never tried auto completion, since my experience with linux started only recently. thanks!