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Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 PointsIs there a way to use cd in the console terminal to move into folders that have a space between the words in its name?
Do I need to rename all my folders so they don't have spaces in the name in order to move through them using cd in the terminal?
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deebird
7,558 Pointsuse quotes
cd ~/"file name.extension"/
Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 PointsSarah Breidenbach
4,490 PointsThanks deebird. The quotation marks are definitely the key. Accessing a folder though, so no extension. I didn't know what the tilda and slashes were for but I found a good reference at Ubuntu in case anyone else needs to know:
To navigate into the root directory, use "cd /"
To navigate to your home directory, use "cd" or "cd ~"
To navigate up one directory level, use "cd .."
To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use "cd -"
To navigate through multiple levels of directory at once, specify the full directory path that you want to go to. For example, use, "cd /var/www" to go directly to the /www subdirectory of /var/. As another example, "cd ~/Desktop" will move you to the Desktop subdirectory inside your home directory.