On Wed 27 Nov 2024 at 05:38:30 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > I've used terminal commands for so many decades I don't know where to > look up fine details of a specific commands. > > I just tried to use the cd command with a target directory having > spaces in it's name. Of course the system responded > > bash: cd: too many arguments > > DuckDuckGo led to [ > https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Cd_command#Dealing_with_directories_with_white_space_in_their_names > ]. > > Problem solved. But is there somewhere to go directly without a web search?
Well, it strikes me that, with the exception of Greg's, all these posts are about man, info, help, etc., which you probably know about already, whereas what your error above shows is that you need some passing knowledge of the contents of man bash. If you find that rather dry and indigestible, you might try running: $ wget http://folk.ntnu.no/geirha/bashguide.pdf which gives you a guide that's designed more for reading than as a reference document. BTW I find large man pages a little more navigable by running, eg: $ man -t bash | ps2pdf - /tmp/bash.pdf though that might not be suitable for the OP. Cheers, David.
