Windows file names in Linux console

mbegovic · 04-29-2004, 10:40 PM

Hey,

Is there some way of cd-ing into Win directories that contain spaces from the terminal? As in:

Code:

m@S01060080c6f99b74 /mnt/windows $ cd Documents and Settings

This doesn't work because of the white space in the directory name, of course.

sausagejohnson · 04-29-2004, 11:06 PM

Try using a slash for the blank:

cd Documents\ and\ Settings

mbegovic · 04-29-2004, 11:10 PM

Sweet, man. Thanks a lot.

mikshaw · 04-29-2004, 11:14 PM

Just to clarify, you'd use the backslash AND the space (backslash escapes the space so it is essentially read as a character).
You can also just type the first couple of letters and then hit the Tab key to fill in the rest automatically.
for example:
"cd Doc<Tab>" would become "cd Documents\ and\ Settings" if this were the only directory which begins with "Doc". If it's the only directory which begins with a D, then all you'd need to type is "cd D<Tab>".

bulliver · 04-30-2004, 01:09 AM

You can also quote it, ie:
cd "Documents and Settings"

..always more than one way to do the same thing