I want to enter the following folder in the terminal:

Milano, Torino (Jan)-Compressed

How should I write the command cd to enter this directory?

Spaces and several other special characters like , *, ), ( and ? cause problems when I try to use them in the command line or scripts, e.g.:

$ cd space dir

bash: cd: space: No such file or directory



$ cat space file

cat: space: No such file or directory

cat: file: No such file or directory



$ cat (

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'



$ echo content >

> ^C



$ ls ?

(  )  *  ?  

How do I enter file or directory names that contain special characters in the terminal in general?