On 2001.07.18 15:42 Colin McKinnon wrote:
> This is a little vague.....but am'nt I always?
>
> Linux, and unices in general have lots of lovely tools for playing with
> files. Unfortunately most of them fall apart when faced with a
> filename/path which has spaces in it. Has anybody out there addressed this
> problem? Any ideas? tools? code?
backslash escaping works for me.
Usually you just need to say something like
mkdir name\ with\ spaces
Tab expansion should work as expected.
If you get stuck at a space with tab expansion, just use the backslash.
try it.
It's easier to do than to explain. :-)
cheers
Lawrence
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