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Old 09-10-2002
linux question, pardon, on long file names
Sorry, hope no one minds the linux question here, I use both unix and linux, and have come across a problem. On my linux box i have a dual boot, and i've set it up so i can access my windows data partition while in linux mode (mount the vfat partition), but linux doesn't recognize long file names, or gaps in names, such as My Data, My documents, My Pictures directories. Any ideas? I can do a ls -laR and it shows all teh files under those directories, but again, long file name structure so can't get to them.
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Old 09-11-2002
Try using the grep command.

Such as:

grep .* file or directory
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Old 09-11-2002
Try:
cd "My Documents"
(notice the quotes)
 
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