no such file or directory using "-" character
Joachim Backes
joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Sun Aug 3 07:26:59 UTC 2014
On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to go inside a directory named <notebook-source>;
> but I am not able to do it.
>
> Using the command cd /.../notebook-source
> I get the output :
> "no such file or directory"
> -----------
> I tried to go around to the problem using the command ls :
>
> if I use the command :
> <ls notebook* > (using the wildchar *)
> then I get the correct output:
> "notebook-source".
Probably, "notebook-source" contains ome or more space chars at the end,
and you do not see then.
Try this: ls notebook* >x and then check the file "x" for space chars,
or use the tr command: ls notebook*|tr " " "<some no space char>"
>
> but if I use the command :
> <ls notebook-source >
> then I get (again) the message
> " no such file or directory"
>
> Why this happen ?
> =====
>
> Seem that the problem is connected with the use of the character "-"
> inside the name of the directory.... ; but I didn't know the character
> "-" is forbidden to form nane of the files or directories..
>
> What is my problem?
> It is some thing that I dont know about the rules to form name of files
> and directories ?
>
> Regards
> thank you
>
> Angelo
>
>
>
>
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