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How to find a file or directory with special characters?
Every file or directory has special data structure associated with it called inode, which are referenced by a particular decimal number. So you can use that to indirectly locate the file with particular inode via find command, and do something with it:
How to list files in a specific directory?
To list files in a specific directory, pass the directory path as an argument to the ls command. For example, to list the contents of the /etc directory, you would type:
How to use the ls command to list files and directories?
ls works its way through the entire directory tree below the starting directory, and lists the files in each subdirectory. To have the user ID and group ID displayed instead of the user name and group name, use the -n (numeric uid and gid) option. You can sort the listing by extension, file size, or modification time.
How do I enter a file or directory with?
If you can see the directory and if you want to access it using terminal, just type: cd first and then drag and drop the directory on the terminal and hit enter. Otherwise it treats Milano, as the folder name. This happens because of the spaces in the name of the folder.
How to CD to a directory with a name containing spaces in?
Your cd “~/Library/Application Support/” trial ends up quoting too much (the tilde and its slash), while your cd ~/Library/Application Support/ trial quotes too little (it omits quoting the space in the directory name). The most common solution is to use single-character escaping to quote just the space:
How to remove the last directory in a directory name?
When you specify the last Directory on the path remove the last . for example “\\server\\directory with space\\directory with space”. that should do it. If this folder is the first in the command then it won’t work with a space in the folder name, so replace the space in the folder name with an underscore.
How to quote just the space in a file?
The most common solution is to use single-character escaping to quote just the space: You can also use single or double quotes around either just the space or the space and some other bits of that argument (but not the ~/ !): These kinds of quotes have different meanings, but they are identical in these examples.