You can also escape each space with a '\' in lieu of using quotes: $ touch space\ in\ the\ name $ ls -l space* -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jun 9 15:52 space in the name $ rm space\ in\ the\ name -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning Ours is the age that is proud of machines that can think and suspicious of men who try to. --H. Mumford Jones, 1892-1980 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Gorbachev Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 3:21 PM To: kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: list42@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Oracle-L Freelists Subject: Re: HAR HAR HAR Linux Oracle guys sit too close to Windows Oracle Guys Heh... that's probably CRS new feature. I don't believe Compaq guys used "windoze style" naming ;-) Anyway, you can use spaces on *nix: oracle@raclinux1:~> ls space* /bin/ls: space*: No such file or directory oracle@raclinux1:~> touch "space in the name" oracle@raclinux1:~> ls space* space in the name oracle@raclinux1:~> 2006/6/9, Kevin Closson <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I was looking into some CRS (clusterware, Compaq portable clusterware, > whatever they call it) logs and found one on 10gR2 linux with spaces > in the pathname...check it out -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev http://oracloid.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l