[PLUG] Strange Bash Behavior vis-a-vis Embedded Spaces

[Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>]

I recently tried to do a file deletion and got some strange results.

If I did this command:

rm "/directory with spaces/filename" (with quotes around the full path and file 
name) the command would error out with a file-not-found error.

However, this command works just fine:

rm /directory\ with\ spaces/filename


I thought quoting the filename would work, but I had to escape the spaces to 
make it work.  I find the escape method to be difficult to read, while the quoted 
string is very easy.  Hence, I always use the quoted method.  

Can anybody explain why the quoted string does not work?  
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Casey Bralla

Chief Nerd in Residence
The NerdWorld Organisation
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