How can I display a directory beginning with &

[Marshmellow]

I Have the following directory:-

drwxrwxr-x 2 Tech UserGT 794624 Jul 27 12:21 &KLCTEST&

If I just type cd &KLCTEST&
I get directory not found?

How can I go into this directory please?

Thanks,

[Matti_Kurkela · Accepted solution]

One way is to escape the problem characters:

cd \&KLCTEST\&
or
cd '&KLCTEST&'

Another way is to use wildcards:

cd ?KLCTEST?

The question mark is the wildcard for "insert any one character here". The shell will expand the wildcards before executing the command. If there is only one matching name, the command will run successfully.

MK

[Prashantj]

Hi Marshmellow,

Try below one.
cd "&KLCTEST&"

Hope this will help

Prashant

[Marshmellow]

Thanks that sorted it out on the command line.

I was actually troubleshooting my script when I came across the reported error.

dir="/home/users/brown/\&KLCTEST\&"

How can I make this assignment work?

[Prashantj]

Hi Marshmellow,

now try
dir=="/home/users/brown/&KLCTEST&"

Heope this will work

Prashant.

[Prashantj]

Hi Marshmellow,

Please ignoe the previous one, having typo error.
try below one.
dir="/home/users/brown/&KLCTEST&"

Prashant

[Marshmellow]

thanks guys... I'm sorted!

[Marshmellow]

thanks