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Sri Harsha Bolisetti
Courses Plus Student 473 PointsConsole
Hello everyone, I am trying to move a file on my desktop to a folder but unable to do so. Here's the error I am getting
v1021-wn-10-17:Desktop sriharshabolisetti$ mv BasicProgram.java Java Programs/
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source target mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
Can anybody help ? Thanks in advance
4 Answers
robberbaron
23,869 PointsThe whitespace between Java and Programs is interpreted from the console. So your computer thinks that you are giving 3 arguments to the mv command. If "Java Programs" is one directory you have to put a backspace after "Java" in order to tell the console that the following whitespace shall be considered as part of the argument. "Java\ Programs".
Cheers Marc
robberbaron
23,869 PointsDoing so is called "escaping". You might wanna google that expression.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsYou don't need to escape spaces that's what double quotes are for
robberbaron
23,869 Pointsright - that is even better
Sri Harsha Bolisetti
Courses Plus Student 473 PointsThank You fellas :)