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Old 02-25-2013, 08:32 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by roger64 View Post
Just writing long file names for the terminal (using antislashes and things like that) is a chore.
Easier, use quotes: "Cocardes et dentelles v2.epub"

(that sometimes fails with exclamation marks, probably a bug in my bash version, just avoid exclamation marks).

and you know you can use autocompletion too, don't you? Write the first few letters of the filename and press the TAB key, the filename will probably be completed (as far as it can be, without ambiguity)
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