Problems accessing a folder

[mews1980]

Hey Guys,

Brand spanking new linux user here

I'm having problems accessing a folder through terminal, when i type ls i can see 2 folders, one of which i would like to access, but when i type cd *folder name* it tells me the folder doesnt exist o.O i can access it through dolphin fine so what am i doing wrong? I need to access through terminal so i can punch in some commands Also, i noticed before on dolphin there was an option to open a terminal at a specific folder location (the right click contect menu) thats also not there anymore either :S


Im using Ubuntu / KDE 4

any help appreciated

[Jonathan183]

can you post the output of

ls -l

and indicate which folder you want to access

[mews1980]

hello, yes here it is

mew1980@Trident:~/Downloads/vmware-unlocker-mac-os-x-guest$ ls -l
total 20
-rwxrwxrwx 1 mew1980 mew1980 131 Jan 31 2012 Quick Guide - Make Sure You Know What To Do!.url
drwxrwxrwx 6 mew1980 mew1980 4096 Jan 31 2012 VMware 7.1.x Series
drwxrwxr-x 7 mew1980 mew1980 4096 Feb 22 2012 VMware 8.x Series

i want to access the vmware 7.1.x folder but this happens when i do:

mew1980@Trident:~/Downloads/vmware-unlocker-mac-os-x-guest$ cd VMware 7.1.x Series
bash: cd: VMware: No such file or directory
mew1980@Trident:~/Downloads/vmware-unlocker-mac-os-x-guest$

[devils casper]

There is a space in folder name. Use \ before space.

cd vmware\ 7.1.x

[Jonathan183]

as devils casper indicated you need to use \ before spaces ...

cd VMware\ 7.1.x\ Series

[techguru666]

Space is a special character for (BASH) shell, which needs to be escaped. So from terminal, you need to provide the following command:

$ cd VMware\ 7.1.x\ Series

And you can also use <tab> key for auto completion. Just type:

$ cd VM <tab>

Hitting tab will complete till

$ cd VMware\

Now hit 7 and then tab again. BASH will automatically complete the directory name for you.