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Old 01-03-2004, 07:28 AM   #1
mizuki26
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scp question


hi,

does anybody know how to escape a space in a filename when using scp?
smth like scp user@host:/test\ file . didn't work.

thanx,
mizuki
 
Old 01-03-2004, 09:41 AM   #2
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Put it in quotes.

scp user@host:"/test\ file" .
 
  


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