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Old 08-14-2006, 04:37 PM   #1
vital_101
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A simple question.


I know this seems silly, but I really don't know how to do this.

Lets say the path of a directory is /user/home/Desktop/Big Pictures/

How would I 'cd' into that directory in the terminal? It seems as though files names with spaces in the aren't supported. How do I go about doing this?

Thanks,

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Old 08-14-2006, 04:41 PM   #2
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cd "/user/home/Desktop/Big Pictures"

Generally I try to avoid spaces in names for this reason. But quotes usually takes care of the problem.
 
Old 08-14-2006, 05:50 PM   #3
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cd ~/Desktop/Bi
but before you press Enter, hit Tab twice.
 
Old 08-14-2006, 05:55 PM   #4
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Code:
cd /user/home/Desktop/Big\ Pictures
also works.
 
  


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