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rated 0 times [ 7] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 8848 / 1 Year ago, mon, july 11, 2022, 11:23:54

I'm having a hard time making this directory in the terminal. I tried

mkdir '"What's for dinner?"'

but I think that doesn't work because of the apostrophe in What's. So I tried escaping that apostrophe:

mkdir '"What's for dinner?"'

but it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

edit: I want to keep the double quotes in the directory name.

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answered 1 Year ago disdry · Accepted Answer

If you want to create folder with quotes you should escape it using double quotes " and :

mkdir """"

Will create folder ""

mkdir """'"

Will create folder ""'

mkdir "'"

Will create folder '

mkdir ""What's for dinner?""

Will create what you want