On 08/03/2014 09:01 AM, Angelo Moreschini wrote: > Hi > > I need to go inside a directory named <notebook-source>; > but I am not able to do it. > > Using the command cd /.../notebook-source > I get the output : > "no such file or directory" > ----------- > I tried to go around to the problem using the command ls : > > if I use the command : > <ls notebook* > (using the wildchar *) > then I get the correct output: > "notebook-source". Probably, "notebook-source" contains ome or more space chars at the end, and you do not see then. Try this: ls notebook* >x and then check the file "x" for space chars, or use the tr command: ls notebook*|tr " " "<some no space char>" > > but if I use the command : > <ls notebook-source > > then I get (again) the message > " no such file or directory" > > Why this happen ? > ===== > > Seem that the problem is connected with the use of the character "-" > inside the name of the directory.... ; but I didn't know the character > "-" is forbidden to form nane of the files or directories.. > > What is my problem? > It is some thing that I dont know about the rules to form name of files > and directories ? > > Regards > thank you > > Angelo > > > > -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel-3.15.8-200.fc20.x86_64 Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org