Do an 'ls -b' to see if there are any 8-bit characters in the name. You can also do 'mv Topo*pdf user-guide.pdf'
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 8:39 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > I have a file from an agency in which words are sepatated by back slashes > and spaces. Wrapping the name in double quotes (as user and root) fails: > > [root@caddis /home/rshepard/projects# mv "Topo\ TNM\ Style\ Template\ > Users\ Guide.pdf" Users-Guide.pdf > mv: cannot stat 'Topo\ TNM\ Style\ Template\ Users\ Guide.pdf': No such > file or directory > > What have I missed? > > TIA, > > Rich > >
