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So I'm trying to gpg -c a file, but it's deep in the nooks and crannies of my Documents folder. As per usual, you would have to cd into said folder that the file is in.

...that's not working here, as you told by now. For some reason, I can't get into a subdirectory of my Documents folder, amptly named, since I used to save everything over to Documents on Windows before I switched, "Pictures n shit". Upon attempting to use cd "~/Documents/Pictures n shit/", the bash returns bash: cd: ~/Documents/Pictures n shit/: No such file or directory, which I know for a fact is wrong.

I tried looking it up here and elsewhere and found nothing. Is there a particular reason this is happening, or do I just have to move the file I want gpg to encrypt into a different folder for now?

xTerrene
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  • Oh wait, please try cd ~/"Documents/Pictures n shit"… What happens if you enter cd ~/Documents/Pictures and press Tab ↹ once? It should auto-complete the directory and take care of proper quoting for you. If nothing happens, hit Tab ↹ a second time, then you’ll get a list of matching directories. – dessert Jun 08 '18 at 22:11
  • ...okay so I'm an absolute idiot and didn't know that bash did this.

    The spaces were borking it; hitting tab gave cd ~/Documents/Pictures\ n\ shit/. Good to know I'll need that for later. Thanks!

     – xTerrene Jun 08 '18 at 22:12
  • You’re welcome! That’s a solution, but the actual issue is explained in the duplicate I marked. Have an upvote! :) – dessert Jun 08 '18 at 22:14

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