You can use

ls directoryname -a *, where * is the wildcard. The -a will show all hidden 
files.

There are ways to set a variable with the directory name by using wildcards as 
well.
On Nov 4, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Garry Turkington wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Or escape the spaces with a backslash.
> 
> Garry
> 
> On 11/4/10, louie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Put quotes around the file name with spaces in the name.
>> 
>> On Nov 3, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> How does one get the ls command in Unix to display directories whose names
>>> consist of more than one word, separated by a space? For example,
>>> ls /Users/Rafael/Documents/My Stuff
>>> or
>>> ls documents/my stuff
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance to anyone with the ability and inclination to help me
>>> out with this one.
>>> Rafael Bejarano
>>> 
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