On Wed, 4 Jun 2014, James B. Byrne wrote:
> 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
It looks to me like your quotes are getting lost somehow. I was able
to use that very snippet on every Mac to which I have access.
Obviously, $HOME was expanded correctly, so that's not a problem, but
there's something really odd about the double-quotes not being
honored.
You might try the C-escape syntax (note prefixed $):
cd $'/Users/byrnejb/Library/Application Support'
Which $SHELL are you using?
Does your shell rc file have any funky options set like rcquotes or
nonstandard $IFS?
--
Paul Heinlein
heinlein at madboa.com
45°38' N, 122°6' W