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How do you set a path with spaces?
Three Ways to Escape Spaces on Windows
- By enclosing the path (or parts of it) in double quotation marks ( ” ).
- By adding a caret character ( ^ ) before each space. (This only works in Command Prompt/CMD, and it doesn’t seem to work with every command.)
- By adding a grave accent character ( ` ) before each space.
Can you have spaces in environment variables?
Environment variable names can be empty, and can contain any characters other than ‘=’ and ASCII NUL. However, it is wise to limit yourself to names that consist solely of underscores, digits, and ASCII letters, and that begin with a non-digit, as applications like the shell do not work well with other names.
How do you set a path with a space in Linux?
The solutions are to use quotes or the backslash escape character. The escape character is more convenient for single spaces, and quotes are better when there are multiple spaces in a path. You should not mix escaping and quotes.
Do environment variables need quotes?
Quoting is mostly orthogonal. If the value you’re assigning to the variable doesn’t contain any characters that are special to the shell, you don’t need any quotes. If there are special characters, you need to protect them with single quotes or double quotes or backslashes or a combination thereof.
How to add path with spaces in Bash variable?
OK, found this by broadening by googling without specifying mac or osx – this is a generic bash issue: Stackoverflow how to add path with space in bash variable
How to deal with spaces in a variable?
It involves using sed to destroy/create whitespace. This will also allow you to change variables within your loop and use them externally, unlike using a while loop (while loops spawn subshells in /bin/sh). Thanks for contributing an answer to Unix & Linux Stack Exchange!
How to enter file or folder paths with spaces in command prompt?
The path has a space in it and at that space, the command breaks and Command Prompt thinks you’ve entered a new command or parameter. This command will work. The only difference between the two is that in the second one, the path is in double-quotes. Even if your path doesn’t have a space in it, it’s a good idea to enclose it in double-quotes
How to store a directory name in Bash?
I like to store various work variables in bash as I am working on something. This avoids having to type it up every time and also helps when you come back to work on it some time later (stick the assignment in a localprofile.sh file and source that later…). I’d like to store a directory name with spaces in it.