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[gosport_gaz]

Hi
Please bare with me if this is simple but I'm scratching my head.
I want to change into a directory using a shell. I type - cd the Smiths and get told that there is not a directory called 'the'. How can I change my command to make it see the full name?

Gaz

[Rhakios]

IME, either:
cd the\ Smiths
or
cd "the Smiths"

will do.
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Bye, Rhakios

[gosport_gaz]

Thanks, the first works.
Gary

[ajgreeny]

It is always worth using a dash - or underscore _ in folder or file names in all linux distros, otherwise you have to use a \ to allow the space to be recognised, or the quotation marks.

However, the easiest way to get past that in terminal can often be to use tab to autocomplete after typing the first few letters of the pathway, but it may not always work, particularly if there are a lot of folders beginning with "The". In general, however, tab is your great friend in terminal.
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[gosport_gaz]

Thanks again.