On Tue, June 3, 2014 12:13, SilverTip257 wrote:
Escape the space with a backslash. cd ~/Library/Application\ Support
hll-m22:~ byrnejb$ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support -bash: cd: /Users/byrnejb/Library/Application: No such file or directory hll-m22:~ byrnejb$ cd ~/"Library/Application\ Support" -bash: cd: /Users/byrnejb/Library/Application: No such file or directory
On Tue, June 3, 2014 12:37, Stephen Harris wrote:
The OP likely has a function called "cd" which does other stuff (sets the prompt?) and then calls the builtin cd, but its not quoting the variables properly and so breaking.
hll-m22:~ byrnejb$ alias alias ..='cd ..' alias ...='cd ../..' alias copy='cp -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias etl='~/projects/proforma.git/vendor/plugins/activewarehouse-etl/bin/etl' alias la='ls -la' alias ll='ls -l' alias mate='gvim -c NERDTree' alias mc='mc -c' alias mcd='mount /mnt/cdrom' alias rm='rm -i' alias search='grep' alias ucd='umount /mnt/cdrom' $ unalias cd -bash: unalias: cd: not found
On Tue, June 3, 2014 13:03, Paul Heinlein wrote:
Try
cd "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/"
hll-m22:~ byrnejb$ cd "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/" -bash: cd: /Users/byrnejb/Library/Application: No such file or directory
I had already tried many different ways of specifying the target directory before giving up and asking for help.
The suggestions concerning a cd alias seem promising because at one time I had RVM installed, which does override cd. There is no alias present but there are artefacts of rvm scattered about so I will check these.
Thanks for the help.