Re: idiot's qn to vi files

You can also double quote the name For example:

$ vi "My Filename Here"

Will work.

-Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: idiot's qn to vi files


> $ vi Red\ Hot\ Chili\ Peppers-By\ The\ Way[Return]
> ~andreas
> > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 11:52:32AM +0800, Daniel Tan wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >     just a short idiot's question. How do you vi (edit) a file that
has
> > > spaces in between the file name?
> >
> > > eg. this is a log file.log
> >
> > vi this\ is\ a\ log\ file.log
> >
> > or
> >
> > vi "this is a log file.log"
> >
> > or
> >
> > type the first few letters and hit TAB to let the shell complete the
> > filename...
> >
> > --
> > .jA
> > repoleveD \ .nimdA smetsyS
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Guinness-list mailing list
> > [email protected]
> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
> >
>
> --
> +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more  http://www.gmx.net +++
> NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Guinness-list mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/guinness-list
>