Move Files ? Copy and Paste ?

[Amman-DJ]

Hello

im new to linux

i installed OpenSuse 11/KDE

ok i downloaded an Mp3 file its on the desktop
i made new folder #mk dir mp3 i know this

but i try to move the file to the new directory
#mv file.mp3 dir

but its not working

and also there's something confusing linux doesn't recognise files with space

i mean file look like this
song 1.mp3

if u do any action with this file it will not recognise it, it will think that the file is called song NOT song 1.mp3

is that right ?

[PellRoja]

what a permission of directory and file.mp3?

turns out any error?

[Grandebasta]

To move a file or package to a directory/folder, you can do this:

Right-click on mouse, then "Move To".

You could have a default download folder, like: /home/Amman_DJ/My_downloads_MP3.

To get the file automatically downloaded there, you could configure your browser.

Firefox; Edit; Preferences; Main; Downloads; Save File to /home/Amman_DJ/My_downloads_MP3

I hope this helps.

[yancek]

linux doesn't recognise files with space

That's right! But it does recognize underscore (_), dash (-), etc.

i made new folder #mk dir mp3 i know this

I assume the line above is a typo? Needs to be 'mkdir' as below:
In the terminal type: mkdir dir_mp3
This will give you a directory called 'dir_mp3' in your root directory. If you then have a downloaded file called 'file.mp3' you can move it to this directory by changing to your Desktop directory in /home/username/Desktop/

mv file.mp3 /dir_mp3

If you have files in windows with spaces you can act on them (cp, mv, etc.) by putting quotes (") around the file name.

[Amman-DJ]

Thanks Guys

it works with me perfect like this

#mv *.mp3 /DIR

and it moved all files that ends with .mp3

A m a z i n g !

[HROAdmin26]

linux doesn't recognise files with space

That's right! But it does recognize underscore (_), dash (-), etc.
[CODE]

Huh? That is a completely wrong statement. The command being used is *wrong* - it has nothing to do with "Linux doesn't recognize the file."

cp Song 1.mp3 /folder

The command above says to copy the TWO files "Song" and "1.mp3" to /folder. Since there is no file named "Song" or "1.mp3" you get an error.

Correct:

cp "Song 1.mp3" /folder
cp Song\ 1.mp3 /folder

So imagine if someone finds your post and then continues to spread the "information" that Linux "can't recognize files with spaces in the name."

[i92guboj]

but i try to move the file to the new directory
#mv file.mp3 dir

but its not working

Post the error, or describe *what* isn't working, or *why* do you think it isn't working.

and also there's something confusing linux doesn't recognise files with space

i mean file look like this
song 1.mp3

if u do any action with this file it will not recognise it, it will think that the file is called song NOT song 1.mp3

is that right ?

It does. However, just like in windows command line, the space is used by the shell as a separator. Each space separates one positional argument from the next one. If you do this:

mv file1 file2 dir/

You are telling your shell to move two files into a folder, and that's what you are doing. The fact that the files are called "song" and "1.mp3" doesn't change that fact.

So, either quote the file names (like you'd do on windows) or "scape" the space, so it doesn't get interpreted like a separator by the shell:

mv "file 1.mp3" dir/
#or
mv file\ 1.mp3 dir/

Linux has complete support for spaces, and for all the funny chars you could ever need. Just make sure you scape or quote all the special chars when needed.

Cheers.

[yancek]

Just re-read my previous post and see the error. Obviously, files with spaces are recognized. The point I was trying to make was the need for "" or \ in the name for the command to work. Poorly written post, my mistake.

[i92guboj]

I see. Yep, that's the thing

Anyway, being slightly more correct, this is related to the shell really, and not linux intrinsically. It's the shell who parses the commands, if you use the same shell under windows on cygwin, in bsd, solaris, hp-ux or any other compatible OS, you will get the same behavior. The only efficient way to change this would be to substitute the separator with another character (e.g. '+' instead of ' ', or any other), but then, if you wanted to include that another separator in a file name, you would need a way to scape it as well. So, it doesn't really make any sense to do it on a different way than it is right now because spaces are more natural and more legible for humans.

People that are not comfortable with scaping characters, can just use quotes, which meaning is evident enough, or just use names without spaces.

[yancek]

Anyway, being slightly more correct, this is related to the shell really, and not linux intrinsically

Understood. The point I was trying to get across in the context of what the OP was trying to do was that it would be simpler to use a dash (-), underscore (_) etc. if he wants a multiple word file/directory. I find this easier but that's a personal choice. This gives a clearer title in some instances and still has the look of a space making it easier to read. Since he already had the file it seemed the simplest way would be quotes.