or cd My\ Document
the \ tells the shell that there's a special character following it ie " "
On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 06:48:53PM -0400, Kai Lien wrote:
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> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
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> > After studious consultation with several of my Linux books and an all day
> > experience in attempting to access the hard drive of a Windows box using
> > Tomsrtbt I have a couple of command line questions.
> >
> > Background: Box was started on Tomsrtbt and HD was successful mounted.
> > ls -a > Windors-C.txt under Toms produced the correct files when Windows-C was
> > printed out so Tomsrtbt is working correctly but the correct files do not
> > appear on the screen most likely to screen over run.
> >
> > 1. Is there an option to the ls command that will allow the scroll to page
> > like the old dos command dir -p would?
> >
> > 2. I have no problem changing to any directory that does not have spaces in
> > it but I have no idea of how to account for a space in a directory like in
> > the command "cd My Document"?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Frank
> >
>
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> Kai Lien
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> Fortune Cookie of the Day:
>
> Management: How many feet do mice have?
> Reply: Mice have four feet.
> M: Elaborate!
> R: Mice have five appendages, and four of them are feet.
> M: No discussion of fifth appendage!
> R: Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet; one is a tail.
> M: What? Feet with no legs?
> R: Mice have four legs, four feet, and one tail per unit-mouse.
> M: Confusing -- is that a total of 9 appendages?
> R: Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per body.
> M: Does not fully discuss the issue!
> R: Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail. Each leg
> is equipped with a foot at the end opposite the body; the tail
> is not equipped with a foot.
> M: Descriptive? Yes. Forceful NO!
> R: Allotment of appendages for mice will be: Four foot-leg assemblies,
> one tail. Deviation from this policy is not permitted as it would
> constitute misapportionment of scarce appendage assets.
> M: Too authoritarian; stifles creativity!
> R: Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg joined
> integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system. Also
> attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, non-functional and
> ornamental in nature.
> M: Too verbose/scientific. Answer the question!
> R: Mice have four feet.
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