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On 2/27/02 2:00 AM, "David Thorp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said something
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>>> However... while we're on this... can anyone tell me how to:
>>>
>>> "cd application support"
>>>
>>> that line doesn't work - the space between "application" and "support" cause
>>> the terminal to respond with:
>>>
>>> cd: too many arguments.
>>>
>>> Of course, that's always been a unix thing - spaces separate the arguments,
>>> so a file name with a space is going to really mess things up.
>>
>> As Lasse pointed out, the way round this is to escape the spaces with
>> a backslash. You can also drag a folder into an open Terminal window
>> and it'll paste the path at the insertion point, so you can do:
>>
>> cd [drag folder to the Terminal window]
>>
>> and you'll get
>>
>> cd /Library/Application\ Support
>>
>> complete with trailing space in case you want to drag a bunch of
>> files... so you can type
>>
>> cat [drag a few Fire sessions to the Terminal window] > bigfile.txt
>>
>> and you've got your merged file :)
>>
>> John.
Don't forget about auto-completion. From the prompt, type in the first few
characters of the directory/file you want to access and then hit "TAB" and
it should provide the full filename. If there is more than one suitable
name, double-tapping "TAB" will display a list of matching files...
Bash rulz...
-mjn
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