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estergon · Mar 24th, 2008, 5:58 PM

Hello Everyone,
I am new here and just started shell scripting.
I thought I would start with creating a shell script as a solution to one of my problems.
I need some help with variables and path names (especially spaces in pathnames) here.
I am trying to use my firefox bookmarks on linux with that on windows synchronously but I am getting errors with the path variable for the windows profile folder since it has spaces in its pathname.
For Example:

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$ cd /mnt/hda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/

will work, where

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$ HDA1="/mnt/hda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/"
$ cd $HDA1

will give such error:

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bash: cd: /mnt/hda1/Documents\: No such file or directory

With/out quotes, backslashes, all same.. I understand that shell does not like spaces. What should I write instead since I cannot change the pathname? Any suggestions please?

Thank in advance

Mar 24th, 2008, 5:58 PM	#1
estergon Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Spaces in path names Hello Everyone, I am new here and just started shell scripting. I thought I would start with creating a shell script as a solution to one of my problems. I need some help with variables and path names (especially spaces in pathnames) here. I am trying to use my firefox bookmarks on linux with that on windows synchronously but I am getting errors with the path variable for the windows profile folder since it has spaces in its pathname. For Example: (Toggle Plain Text) $ cd /mnt/hda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/ $ cd /mnt/hda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/ will work, where (Toggle Plain Text) $ HDA1="/mnt/hda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/" $ cd $HDA1 $ HDA1="/mnt/hda1/Documents\ and\ Settings/" $ cd $HDA1 will give such error: (Toggle Plain Text) bash: cd: /mnt/hda1/Documents\: No such file or directory bash: cd: /mnt/hda1/Documents\: No such file or directory With/out quotes, backslashes, all same.. I understand that shell does not like spaces. What should I write instead since I cannot change the pathname? Any suggestions please? Thank in advance __________________ ESTRAGON: We've lost our rights? VLADIMIR: (distinctly) We got rid of them.