How to add in space escape for $PWD

Question

I want to use

ln -s $PWD ~/mylinkname

But the problem I'm facing is that my current path has space (therefore ln cannot execute correctly).

I believe the solution should be simply but I searched over cannot find answer.

Do you know how to solve this problem?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

If your argument has spaces, it will treat each space-delimited portion as a separate argument.

To prevent this, quote any arguments that have spaces, eg:

ln -s "$PWD" "$HOME/my link name with spaces"

If the filename has quotes, you can also escape it with a backslash

ln -s "$PWD" "$HOME/my link name with spaces and this quote\""

Instead of $HOME, you can use:

ln -s "$PWD" ~/"my link name with spaces"

Answer 2

ln -s "$PWD" "$HOME/mylinkname"

should do it.