[LBo] running commands on filenames with spaces

[Billy Pollifrone]

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David Roseman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was trying to run a chmod command on a filename containing spaces,  and
> bash thought that I was trying to run the command on each word in the
> filename as if it was a different file.  Is there a character i can insert
> instead of spaces so that bash will process the chmod correctly?
> 
> Thanks
> Dave

Escape the space with a backslash.

chmod a+w my\ file\ with\ annoying\ spaces.txt

or... place the filename in spaces

chmod a+w "my file with annoying spaces.txt"

or use bash completion to have the shell put the escapes in for you.

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Billy Pollifrone
billy @ silverbaseball . com
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