On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 22:48 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 13:34 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 01:32:39PM -0400, RiverWind wrote: > > > When attempting to extract "rar" files in either Linux or Unix, the > > > file naming protocol seems to be a very crucial issue. To wit, > > > should a file be fraught with open spaces, many Unix and Linux > > > utilities will not work, because it seems that MS-Windows allows > > > for blank spaces within file names, whereas Dos, Linux and Unix do > > > not. This would seem to be the case from my personal point of view > > > based upon recent experience. > > > > Use quotes. > > > > touch "This is a file with spaces" > > rm "This is a file with spaces" > > > > -dsr- > > spinymouse@debian:~$ touch "This is a file with spaces" > spinymouse@debian:~$ ls This* > This is a file with spaces > > spinymouse@debian:~$ rm This\ is\ a\ file\ with\ spaces > spinymouse@debian:~$ ls This* > ls: cannot access This*: No such file or directory
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