moving files

[Janina Sajka]

Glenn at home writes:
> I think I got it:
> mv "50's" /home/ftp/pub/music

You got it.

The apostrophe is also called a 'single quotation mark' by some people,
notably unix/linux people.

You could also escape the char, though. I believe the following would
work:

mv 50\'s /home/ftp/pub/music

> while I am in the name directory.
> Thanks.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at hhs48.com>
> To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review 
> system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: moving files
> 
> 
> Your source name has an apostrophe in it. Your shell is sitting there
> waiting for the closing apostrophe. If you enclose your source name in
> double quotes, apostrophe and all, it might work.
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040

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