you can either use \ to escape spaces or put it in quotes as in "Computer Technology"
if you start typing the path and press Tab, it'll complete it for you. On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]>wrote: > I want to move a file down into the directory tree three folders. > First I should let you know that there is a space in my folder names. > > example: Computer Technology > Linux > Linux Reality > > I am using the following command > > mv linuxreality085.mp3 linuxreality085mp3 > ComputerTechnology/Linux/LinuxReality > > It does not work. > > Do I need to substitute something for spaces. > > can someone tell me what is wrong with my command? > > Once I do this, I am going to write a script with variables for the paths > to all my folders > where I save different podcasts, so that all I have to do is run the script > once every few days > and it will move all the podcasts I download to their respective folders, > instead of me having to > drag each podcast through a series of folders. > > Thanks > Paul > > ------------------------------ > Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find Out > How<http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008> > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
