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I_fucking_hate_them_now (media.piefed.world)

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[-] callyral@pawb.social 20 points 1 month ago

not sure why the default behavior is this:

file\ name\ with\ a\ bunch\ of\ spaces

instead of this:

"file name with a bunch of spaces"

but you can just press " before pressing tab to auto-complete, and it will use the 2nd form

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, at least in Bash tools like ls do use quotes by default:

$ ls
 filename_without_space  'filename with space'

But yeah, tab expansion uses backslashes, sadly.

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Because quoting requires token expansion (e.g. ~ to /home/you). Escaping gives you a much shorter path in that case.

That said I'm with you, full quoted paths read better to me.

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 month ago

You can use variables in " like so: cd "$HOME/Desktop".

Maybe this helps?

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