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I can't figure out how to write the path of a folder that includes spaces in its name (in Terminal).

I tried:

cd /path/path/path/"A Folder"/file



cd /path/path/path/'A Folder/file



cd /path/path/path/A_Folder/file

but they all return the error through the terminal:

[command]: cannot access '/path/path/path/A Folder/file' No such a file or directory

I can still access it through steps like so:

cd /home

cd user

cd Desktop

cd "Bash Programming"

bash Example

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4 Years ago

answered 3 Years ago itteast · Accepted Answer

You can enclose the whole path by double-quotes ("), single-quote (') or escape the space character using a backslash () :

cd "/path/path/path/A Folder/file"

cd '/path/path/path/A Folder/file'

cd /path/path/path/A Folder/file