On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:49:47 +1300 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:11:18 +1300 > rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > try quoting - eg > > mv "Fred Bloggs.htm" fredbloggs.html > > changes the name. > > > or whats called "escaping" > > mv Fred\ Bloggs.htm fredbloggs.html > > the backslash character \ tells the shell that the next character is taken > literally, not as the command line delimiter. > > > > > > Luckily, the fact that Linux differentiates between upper and lower case > > filenames I was able to recopy the files over doing "mv" with a rename > > as the final argument to "fredbloggs.html" and get the file in place, in > > a useful naming format. This then loaded correctly as a web page from a > > LAN machine. Any tips on how to get rid of the rogue files would be > > appreciated. > > > > The installation worked great on some very primitive hardware and I have > > attached the details for anyone who may be interested. It may be of > > interest to another newbie considering a similar project. sorry to make it clear if you want to remove them: rm "Fred Bloggs.htm" or rm Fred\ Bloggs.htm" > > > > Woodsey > > > > > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
