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From:	Alan <alan@×××××.org>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] A directory name with spaces in it?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:27:45
Message-Id:	`20060721191623.GJ13705@ufies.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] A directory name with spaces in it? by Mike Williams

1	On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 07:49:59PM +0100, Mike Williams wrote:
2	> On Friday 21 July 2006 19:34, Alexander Fortwinder wrote:
3	> > I'm downloading a torrent file which created a directory name with spaces,
4	> > so when I try to access it in bash, it is reported as not being found. How
5	> > do I deal with it? For example, /home/This ?is a ? some directory Thanks
6	> > for suggestions.
7	>
8	> /home/This\ \ is\ a\ \ \ some\ directory
9	> "/home/This is a some directory"
10	> /home/"This is a some directory"
11	> /home/This<tab>
12
13	mf /home/This* /home/newdirectoryname/
14
15	(assuming that there is only one dir starting with "This")
16
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