How can I open a directory via PUTTY that contains -?
For example the name of dir is:
some-thing-dir
cd /some-thing-dir not working.
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possible duplicate of How to "cd" into a directory with this name "-2"?– Michael HamptonMay 14, 2013 at 13:41
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Well, it should be working.... what error message do you get? Nevertheless you can try to escape the dash:
cd /some\-thing\-dir
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/home$ cd /movie\-economics\-lawyer\-scienceI get-bash: cd: /movie-economics-lawyer-science: No such file or directoryMay 14, 2013 at 10:59 -
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The directory is inside your home directory? then you should not use the first slash because that means it is an absolute path. you can use "cd /home/movie/some-dir" or: "cd /home/movie; cd some-dir" May 14, 2013 at 11:01
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ls -ld gives
drwxr-x--- 10 movie-economics-lawyer-science movie-economics-lawyer-science 4096 May 14 10:49 /home/movie-economics-lawyer-scienceMay 14, 2013 at 11:04 -
You should try e.g. cd ./home\-movie\-economics or perhaps cd 'home-movie-economics'
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what's the point in escaping the dashes in the first example and not escaping them in the second one? ;) May 14, 2013 at 11:04
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Just quote it.
cd /'some-thing-dir'
