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    xplod is offline Registered User
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    Mac OS X terminal help

    I have maybe a simple question. I am using a teminal to switch from one directory to another. I see the folder on my desktop, i can go in to it. That folder contains another set of folders. when i cd in to one of them terminal tells me that there is no such file or directory. what gives?

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    Is there a space in the folder name? If so, escape it with a backslash, or wrap the folder name in single quotes. For example, if a folder is called "My Stuff" you could do one of the following:

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    cd My\ Stuff
    cd 'My Stuff'

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    thank you. it worked both ways. I had a folder called Week 2. tried Week_2, didn't work, tried different combination that two didn't work.

 

 

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