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So I have been using Ubuntu for a few months now, and have come across a very noob terminal question.

I want to go from home -> Documents -> My Programs

I am able to get into my documents folder by doing

cd ./Documents

But when I want to go into "My Programs", I am unable to do so because of the space between "My" and "Programs". Is there a different syntax I must use to access this folder via terminal?

heemayl
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  • Put a "\" after "My" when typing it in. So it would look like `cd My\ Programs/` – Terrance May 13 '16 at 20:38
  • You need to escape the space in between characters with \, in your case `My\ Programs`. Alternatively, you can get bash to autocomplete the address by simply typing `My` then pressing the Tab key. – Rewarp May 13 '16 at 20:39

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You can quote the whole directory name or escape the space in between the words.

In a nutshell, do any one of the following:

cd 'My Programs'
cd "My Programs"
cd My\ Programs
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