Either should work, as long as you are consistent with escaping characters; i.e., if you use single quotes, you have to escape apostrophes. When using bash, tab completion will fill in the appropriate escape characters regardless of whether you start with single or double quotes. Pretty cool.
----- Original Message ---- From: Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> To: SoCal LUG Users List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:05:59 AM Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] Command LIne question could be, I always use tab and didn't really pay attention... I'll check it out later On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:52 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: 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 > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
