如何将包含空格的文件名作为参数传递给命令行程序？

Question

Whenever I try to add a file with whitespace in its name to git, it shows an Error as

"fatal: pathspec 'Tic' did not match any files"

Since I was New to git and Linux based terminal I have no idea how to do it.

Screen-shot or my error:

Answer 1

您应该能够引用文件名（例如“文件名”），或使用转义序列（例如文件\<空格>名称）。

Answer 2

To expand on @ergonaut's correct answer, just for the sake of clarity, this is actually neither a git nor a Linux issue. This is just a general requirement for command lines across the board.

On any command line, each word (or in this case, string of words) is evaluated separately as either a command or a parameter to a command. So, for example, git's add command is expecting a single parameter to come immediately after it (a filename). In this case, the next word it sees is just "Tic". Since it's only looking for a single parameter, it stops evaluating anything else at that point and that's why it's complaining about not being able to find the "Tic" file. When the words are enclosed in quotes, the entire string is evaluated as a single parameter, therefore fixing the issue.

Always wrap filenames that contain spaces with quotes when using them on the command line. Or even better, avoid using spaces in filenames. :-)

Answer 3

Try:

git add Tic\ tac\ toe.c

\ is used to escape special characters, though this is more bash related rather than git specific.

Alternatively, you could put the name of the file in quotes.

git add "Tic tac toe.c"

Answer 4

开始写第一个单词，然后按“Tab”按钮使用自动完成，你会很高兴））