Backquote them.
For example
cd A\ directory\ with\ spaces
Don't forget you can always uses filename completion by typing part of the
name and hitting tab.
As for scrolling back up console screens, you can use SHIFT-ARROW-UP or
PAGE-UP
Steve Flynn
NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst
* 01603 687386
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike & Tracy Holt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 7:23 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] spaces and command line
I've got a couple of newbie questions that I've just never really
bothered asking before but it's always bothered me, so here goes.
1st,
I've noticed that bash doesn't seem to handle spaces in directory or
file names very well. When I look at my windows partitions from
linux,
I can see the complete file names, but when I try to 'cd' to a
certain
directory, bash doesn't seem to deal to well with the spaces. I've
found that I can just use an asterisk in place of the spaces, but is
there another way?
2nd, if I'm at the command line, no X server involved, is there a
way to
'scroll' up to see what stout was previously on the screen? Say I
do
'ls' and then do some other stuff and lose that information, is
there
anyway to retrieve that screen or is it just printed once and lost?
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Mike & Tracy Holt
Kirkland, WA
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