When you type dir in terminal, the name file with space separate with symbol backslash \
Terminal Text
$ cd LALALA
~/LALALA $ dir
la\ la\ 1 la\ la\ 2
~/LALALA $
Directory Image
When I use dir
command in terminal, the list of file show \
(backslash) to separate their word (see: Terimanal Image). Whereas in the origin, there is no '\' (backslash) (see: Directory Image). How do I change this back to normal?
NB. I think the reason is because of the pwd
command on the terminal. After I use the PWD command, this happens.
What you experience is quoting, dir
has the -N
or --literal
option to disable it:
-N, --literal
print entry names without quoting
The exact same applies to ls
, just that it quotes the whole filenames with single quotes instead of escaping special characters (which can be triggered with -b
or --escape
for ls
as well). Calling ls
with -N
disables this behaviour as well.
Example run
$ touch 'la la '{1,2}
$ dir
la\ la\ 1 la\ la\ 2
$ dir -N
la la 1 la la 2
$ ls
'la la 1' 'la la 2'
$ ls -b
la\ la\ 1 la\ la\ 2
$ ls -N
la la 1 la la 2
Further reading
-
man dir
andinfo dir
- Difference between 'dir' and 'ls' terminal commands?
- Regarding the similar behaviour of
ls
: Filenames with space showing as 'file name' after upgrade to 18.04