> On Aug 4, 2024, at 4:23 AM, Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a large file with " " inside of it.
> 
> How do I change is name to something  shorter -- then I
> can use emacs on it?

A large file or a large file name?

Changing a file name works the same regardless of whether the file is large or 
small.

If the file name is long, there are a few tricks you can use to make it so you 
don't have to type in all the characters. You can use double quotes or 
backslash escapes to denote the spaces, and tab completion or file globbing to 
specify long unique parts of the file name.

For example, if you had a directory with file names

long file name, long unique part.txt
long file name, this is a unique part too!.txt
long file name, also unique!.txt

you could specify the second one with the pattern

*"a unique part"*

As the above example shows, you can start and end quotes within the same 
argument; it doesn't need to cover the whole argument.

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