I installed some software and I think afterwards I was navigating through CLI and noticed that some directories or some files in some directories had single quotation marks around the names. They don’t appear in the GUI. How do I get rid of them? Do I have to use a recursive command to delete the quotation marks for the entire file system?

I’ve actually had this problem a few times in the past but cannot recall why they happen nor what the solution was.

  • _cnt0@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
    19·
    1 year ago

    I’d wager a guess, that all file/folder paths that are surrounded by quotes contain at least one space!? And you’re talking about the output of ls? It’s rather unlikely, that installing any software has changed that behavior. It’s just a display feature, to denote that “two” parts separated by a space are actually one.

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      And also I think those paths are properly escaped, so you can just copy them to the terminal with the quotes for use as a path.

      But I may be misremembering it so I would be happy if someone could confirm this.