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Thread: [SOLVED] How to type [space] in terminal?

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    [SOLVED] How to type [space] in terminal?

    I know it's a dumb question, but Terminal can't read my directories when there are spaces in the file/folder names, so I'm wondering what the "substitute" for [space] is?

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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    type normally but put a \ after the word and before the space

    ie: cd ~/home/New\ Volume/movies/new\ stuff
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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    or create directories with one word or underscores

    like NewDirectory or New_Directory

    And don't forget capital letters make a difference in Linux

    /New Directory and /new directory would be two different folders on a Linux Machine.

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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    Or you can type the name of the folder until [space] and then hit tab to auto complete ...
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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    or you can use quotes

    cd "~/home/New Volume/movies/new stuff"

    lotsa ways

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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    or, put the path in quotes.

    whoops, too late.

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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    You can also enclose the entire directory path in quotation marks, like

    cd '/home/myhome/Documents/folder name with spaces in it/'
    You can also drag a folder icon from a Nautilus window onto a terminal session and it will enter the full path to the folder at the prompt.

    Ooh, three of us with the same answer at the same time!
    Last edited by DrOlaf; August 15th, 2008 at 04:16 PM. Reason: Me too!
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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    Quote Originally Posted by LowSky View Post
    or create directories with one word or underscores

    like NewDirectory or New_Directory
    Or one can also use non-breaking space by pressing AltGr+Space. Maybe not the best solution, though.

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    Re: How to type [space] in terminal?

    Oh don't worry. I'm also didn't know how to use space in terminal. But thanks! because of your question, now I understand how to use it. Sometimes for newbie like us, This kind of question is really usefull.

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    Re: [SOLVED] How to type [space] in terminal?

    Thanks
    Helped me playing wow at last

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