Replace space characters in paths with what?

Question

I start bash from Java app and I have in my path for command which executes inside bash spaces ( example cd /Documents and Settings/test ), I run command with Process Builder but it doesn't work when path have spaces. I try to replace spaces with %20 but not help. What to do ?

Answer 1

You can either encapsulate the full path in quotion marks like this:

String quoted = "\"" + pathString + "\"";

or, as you use bash, escape the spaces:

String escaped = pathString.replace(" ", "\\ ");

Both should work as an argument for your cd command.

Answer 2

encapsulate the whole path between quotations.

cd "/Documents and Settings/test"