How to write the path of a folder with space in its name? [duplicate]

I can't figure out how to write the path of a folder that includes spaces in its name (in Terminal).

I tried:

cd /path/path/path/"A Folder"/file
cd /path/path/path/'A Folder/file
cd /path/path/path/A_Folder/file

but they all return the error through the terminal:

[command]: cannot access '/path/path/path/A Folder/file' No such a file or directory 

I can still access it through steps like so:

cd /home
cd user
cd Desktop
cd "Bash Programming"
bash Example

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4 Answers

You can enclose the whole path by double-quotes ("), single-quote (') or escape the space character using a backslash (\) :

cd "/path/path/path/A Folder/file"
cd '/path/path/path/A Folder/file'
cd /path/path/path/A\ Folder/file

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Either quote the entire name:

cd "/path/path/path/A Folder/file"

or escape just the strange characters (space, in this case) using a backslash.

cd /path/path/path/A\ Folder/file

Another thing to try, is using tab completion:

cd /home/user/Desktop/Bas

Then press the TAB key, this should complete it to:

cd /home/user/Desktop/Bash\ Programming/

Then you can type the rest of the path.

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Have you tried this?

cd Bash\ Programming

Or

/path/path/path/A\ Folder/file

either put all or partial path in single or double quote or escape space with backslash.
Eg:

cd /path\ to\ folder
cd '/path to folder'