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How does unix handle full path name with space and arguments ?
In windows we quote the path and add the command-line arguments after, how is it in unix?
"c:\foo folder with space\foo.exe" -help update:
I meant how do I recognize a path from the command line arguments.
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There are two main ways to handle such files or directories; one uses escape characters, i.e., backslash (\<space>), and the second is using apostrophes or quotation marks. Using backslash can be confusing; it's easy and better to use quotation marks or apostrophes.
It is said that on Unix and Linux in general, you should avoid having spaces in a filename of a file (ordinary file, dir, link, device file, ...).
In the Linux operating system, we can run commands by passing multiple arguments. A space separates each argument. So, if we give the path that has a space, it will be considered two different arguments instead of one a single path.
You can either quote it like your Windows example above, or escape the spaces with backslashes:
"/foo folder with space/foo" --help /foo\ folder\ with\ space/foo --help If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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