On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Gerald Timothy Quimpo wrote:
> but if i have a directory named "aa bb" (note the space), then it's
> not processed because i can't cd into "aa". it sees it as "aa", not
> "aa bb".
>
> i saw a trick to do this once, long ago. it had to do with putting
> double quotes somewhere strategic, but i've forgotten the trick.
for GNU ls, use -Q:
>From the manpages:
-Q, --quote-name
enclose entry names in double quotes
regards,
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Andre M. Varon, SCSA
http://andre.lasaltech.com
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