From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G40Qd-00010x-CN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:12:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6LJBbxW015392; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:11:37 GMT Received: from jfindlay.us ([67.137.24.115]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6LJ5bPc028069 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:05:40 GMT Received: by jfindlay.us (Postfix, from userid 500) id E020970048; Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:05:36 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:05:36 -0600 From: Justin R Findlay To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A directory name with spaces in it? Message-ID: <20060721190536.GA20435@jfindlay.us> References: <20060721223445.e73d3227.alex_fortwinder@nerdshack.com> <200607212107.14944.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200607212107.14944.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Archives-Salt: 789978b8-70ed-4a82-a15f-7686e398ada4 X-Archives-Hash: 2810721fba9b55e8332af26b9e84ef4f On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:07:14PM +0200, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > Escape the spaces with backslashes, or put the name inside single quotes > or double quotes. Bash auto-completion escapes the spaces for you. Let's everyone take a moment to reflect upon how much bash means to us. Thank you. Now returning to your previously scheduled program already in progress ... Justin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list