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On Sunday 16 September 2001 08:22 am, FLYNN, Steve wrote:
> Backquote them.
>
> For example
>
> cd A\ directory\ with\ spaces

Why not just use double-quotes?
  cd "A directory with spaces"

> Don't forget you can always uses filename completion by typing part
> of the name and hitting tab.
>
> As for scrolling back up console screens, you can use SHIFT-ARROW-UP
> or PAGE-UP
>
> Steve Flynn
> NOP Data Migration Ops Analyst
> * 01603 687386
>
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Mike & Tracy Holt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>       Sent:   Sunday, September 16, 2001 7:23 AM
>       To:     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>       Subject:        [expert] spaces and command line
>
>       I've got a couple of newbie questions that I've just never really
>       bothered asking before but it's always bothered me, so here goes.
> 1st,
>       I've noticed that bash doesn't seem to handle spaces in directory or
>       file names very well.  When I look at my windows partitions from
> linux,
>       I can see the complete file names, but when I try to 'cd' to a
> certain
>       directory, bash doesn't seem to deal to well with the spaces.  I've
>       found that I can just use an asterisk in place of the spaces, but is
>       there another way?
>
>       2nd, if I'm at the command line, no X server involved, is there a
> way to
>       'scroll' up to see what stout was previously on the screen?  Say I
> do
>       'ls' and then do some other stuff and lose that information, is
> there
>       anyway to retrieve that screen or is it just printed once and lost?
>
>       ====================
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