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>> However... while we're on this... can anyone tell me how to:
>>
>> "cd application support"
>>
>> that line doesn't work - the space between "application" and "support" cause
>> the terminal to respond with:
>>
>> cd: too many arguments.
>>
>> Of course, that's always been a unix thing - spaces separate the arguments,
>> so a file name with a space is going to really mess things up.
>
> As Lasse pointed out, the way round this is to escape the spaces with
> a backslash. You can also drag a folder into an open Terminal window
> and it'll paste the path at the insertion point, so you can do:
>
> cd [drag folder to the Terminal window]
>
> and you'll get
>
> cd /Library/Application\ Support
>
> complete with trailing space in case you want to drag a bunch of
> files... so you can type
>
> cat [drag a few Fire sessions to the Terminal window] > bigfile.txt
>
> and you've got your merged file :)
>
> John.
Gotta love how apple rarely do things half-heartedly! It's not just unix
with a mac interface - it's unix-savvy mac and mac-savvy unix!
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