• cally [he/they]@pawb.socialEnglish
    20·
    8 days ago

    not sure why the default behavior is this:

    file\ name\ with\ a\ bunch\ of\ spaces

    instead of this:

    "file name with a bunch of spaces"

    but you can just press " before pressing tab to auto-complete, and it will use the 2nd form

    • The Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      I mean, at least in Bash tools like ls do use quotes by default:

      $ ls
 filename_without_space  'filename with space'

      But yeah, tab expansion uses backslashes, sadly.

    • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      Because quoting requires token expansion (e.g. ~ to /home/you). Escaping gives you a much shorter path in that case.

      That said I’m with you, full quoted paths read better to me.