a \ in the unix cmd line is called an esc char. the esc char is needed
for any char that is a iregual char. like $ or spaces. anything that
could be something else like say you have a dir called $PATH since $PATH
is an env var you could run into problems without and esc char to be able
to tell the system that it's a regular char and needs to be treated that
way and in this case not as a var.
with spaces you could do
cd " Applications"
and this would work as well.
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>I don't get the backslash. Why? Is it the space in front of Applications?
>I know it's not the scope of this list... just curious.
>Can't afford a eunuchs book right now...but I CAN afford to pay attention.
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