Yep -- worked . Thanks.
On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 12:50 PM Rob Whitlock <rwhitloc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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.
