No OSX here either, but just to be sure, could you publish the results of: which cd; echo $? locate cd | grep '/cd'$; echo $? ls -ldb ~/Library/Application* On 4 June 2014 20:42, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote: > > On Tue, June 3, 2014 12:13, SilverTip257 wrote: > > Escape the space with a backslash. > > cd ~/Library/Application\ Support > > > hll-m22:~ byrnejb$ 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. > > -- > *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** > James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca > Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca > 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 > Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 > Canada L8E 3C3 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- "Life on Earth may be expensive, but it comes with a free ride around the Sun."