Re^2: Windows System Command


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Re^2: Windows System Command

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)

on Jun 27, 2012 at 22:48 UTC ( [id://978787]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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You cannot (and never could) escape spaces in pathnames with caret (^):

C:\test>dir \Program^ Files\*
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\test>dir "\Program Files\*"
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 8C78-4B42

 Directory of C:\Program Files

30/04/2012  19:40    <DIR>          .
30/04/2012  19:40    <DIR>          ..
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