The right answer is using -- to stop handling command line arguments. There is another trick that might help to do it too: using "./" in front of the filename the filename. # chown Administrator './-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002' -R This should work. HTH, Filipe _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos