if i need to go to my directory named as"exception handling" then i write (cd exception handling) but it gives error too many arguments asked Nov 17, 2017 at 13:38 Veerabala JVeerabala J 5631 gold badge5 silver badges14 bronze badges 2 - Either put the file name in quotes or escape the spaces so that
bash knows it's one string: cd 'long file name' or cd long\ file\ name. The problem is not unique to Ubuntu. If you were in a Windows command shell you'd have the same issue.
Nov 17, 2017 at 13:41 - The problem is unique to bash 4.4; its implementation of "cd" is buggy. The manual page bash(1) specifies that " Any additional arguments following dir are ignored." The OP's command should go to directory "exception" and ignore "handling". Instead it throws an error. This is a bug. I tried bash 4.2, where "cd" works correctly.
Apr 7, 2021 at 18:09
1 AnswerUse quotes:
cd "new folder"
or escape the space:
cd new\ folder
(That being said, cd does not open a file but changes the working directory.) answered Nov 17, 2017 at 13:41 Sora.Sora. 1,4251 gold badge12 silver badges14 bronze badges 2 - This is what I was looking for
Jan 13, 2021 at 19:41
- Can this be saved in variable or alias? E.g. NF="new\ folder"; cd $NF
Aug 19, 2022 at 7:45
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