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You can probably also let the bash shell do a lot of the escaping and competion for you. Press \< and then TAB key and you'll probably have the entire file name escaped and all ready to go.

Peter V. Mørch
– Peter V. Mørch

2016-08-31 23:19:31 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2016 at 23:19
@rman if this solved it for you, you should consider accepting the answer (clicking the check mark next to it) so everyone will know both what worked for you and that this question has been answered (and you and the answerer will both get some extra reputation too).

Eric Renouf
– Eric Renouf

2016-09-02 11:57:17 +00:00
Commented Sep 2, 2016 at 11:57

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