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  1. From: Ben Lindstrom <mouring@netnet.net>
  2. To: Tobermory_Everett@hmc.edu
  3. cc: Scott Stevens <scotts@randd.empi.com>, executor@nacm.com
  4. Subject: Re: Executor and Linux permissions
  5. In-Reply-To: <199510202356.QAA03214@osiris.ac.hmc.edu>
  6. Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951020230722.17773A-100000@netnet1.netnet.net>
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  12. [delete mounting information]
  13. > mv This\ File\ Has\ 6\ Spaces\ In\ It This_File_Has_0_Spaces_In_It
  14. > The \ followed by a space gets treated as a "non-breaking" space by the
  15. > command line interpreter.
  16.  
  17. Or  you can  just use quotes.
  18.  
  19. mv "This File Has 6  Spaces In it" This_File_Has_0_Spaces_In_It
  20.  
  21. In some causes it's easier to use  quotes then \ since you can get mixed
  22. spaces and special characters and I think you might need to know the 
  23. hex/dec. codes for them.
  24.  
  25. For bash users..: mv This<tab>  This_File_Has....  (Tab is a finisher)
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