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Using '&' in file names

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by dghosh Jul 26, 2001 last reply Dec 29, 2001

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When we use '&' in file names when the file name goes to the bourne shell the '&' changes to '&' even after we use an escape sequence.

Could anyone help us here to get around the problem so that we can store the file name with '&' as it is?

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Try hard quoting the file name, that is, enclose the file name with single quotes.

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If single quotes do not work, then try double quotes. And if that does not work, then try two ampersands.

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