Dante, isn't it single quotes? On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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