CentOS Linux Server Guide

Centos Linux Files and Directories

File Naming Convention

File naming convention simple rules:

avoid special characters "$" "%" "#" etc.
avoid long file name is supported.
avoid empty space can be used.

To create file name with empty spacem you must issue \ backslash before space or enclose your filename in a quotation mark.

echo "I like Linux" > My\ Work\ Linux

ls -l
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 28 10:01 A.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 Nov 28 11:17 My Work
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Nov 28 11:19 My Work Linux

echo "I like CentOS" > "My Work of Centos"

ls -l
total 28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 28 10:01 A.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 Nov 28 11:17 My Work
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Nov 28 11:19 My Work Linux
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 Nov 28 11:21 My Work of Centos

To deal with empty space file, you must issue \ backslash before space or quoation mark too.

cat My\ Work\ Linux
I like Linux

cat "My Work of Centos"
I like CentOS

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