[kwlug-disc] Renaming a directory containing double quotation marks

[CrankyOldBugger]

mv, not rmdir!




On 18 September 2013 14:11, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> If the file starts with normal letters or numbers, then I type:
>
> $ rmdir abc
>
> Then hit tab and let bash do the escaping for me.
>
> Another way is to see any pattern of regular characters then do:
>
> $ rmdir "*abc*"
>
> (assuming no other directories in the current directory match those
> characters!)
>
> And let the shell figure it out.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:49 PM, John Driezen <jdriezen at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>
>> How do I rename a directory that contains double quotation marks from the
>> command line?  I'm using a bash shell.
>>
>> John Driezen
>> jdriezen at sympatico.ca
>>
>>
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