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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:59:52 +0100
From: Benoit Lacherez <blacherez@ac-bordeaux.fr>
To: Peter Milne <peter@milneweb.com>
Cc: Free BSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Directory
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Peter Milne a écrit :
> I have a cd of photos from Windows that I am trying to put on my HD.  The folder I am trying to copy is 'My Pictures'.  I am trying to get into the directory on the CD.  
> 
> It will not work with this command: 
> 
> milneweb# ls
> My Pictures
> milneweb# cd My Pictures
> cd: Too many arguments.
> 
> Is it because of the space between the words?  How do I get around this?

Yes: either you type cd "My Pictures" or cd My\ Pictures.

Actually, most shells support completion: just type cd My<tab> in bash
or tcsh for instance and it will be completed fine.

-- 
Benoit Lacherez
Académie de Bordeaux -- CATICE
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