On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:48 PM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> mv "This is a File!" "20130301 - This is a File!"
>
> Which fails if I try to execute it because of the !.
>
> I have to go back and convert it to something like:
>
> mv "This is a File!" 20130301\ -\ This\ is\ a\ File\!
>
> which works.
>
> Anyone have an idea for a shortcut instead of manually catching these and
> fixing them manually?
Use single quotes instead of double quotes
mv 'This is a File!' '20130301 - This is a File!'
that prevents the shell from grabbing the '!'
However, if your filenames have ' in them, then you might run into problems.
TjL
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