When in doubt quote the character. Offhand I can't think of a reason why an extra escape character would cause a problem. Hattie Rouge > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon Messmer > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:52 PM > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: stupid question > > > Cameron Showalter wrote: > > the > you are seeing is expecting another command in order to run. > > are there any crazy other characters included in the file names you > > are trying to copy/move? > > Yeah... crazy characters like the single quote character (') ?? > > I recommend tab completing filenames, so that bash can > properly escape > any shell special characters. > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche> -list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list