bash : cd : too many arguments [closed]

Question

if i need to go to my directory named as"exception handling" then i write (cd exception handling) but it gives error too many arguments

Atypical

Either put the file name in quotes or escape the spaces so that bash knows it's one string: cd 'long file name' or cd long\ file\ name. The problem is not unique to Ubuntu. If you were in a Windows command shell you'd have the same issue. – Narton

The problem is unique to bash 4.4; its implementation of "cd" is buggy. The manual page bash(1) specifies that " Any additional arguments following dir are ignored." The OP's command should go to directory "exception" and ignore "handling". Instead it throws an error. This is a bug. I tried bash 4.2, where "cd" works correctly. – Salyers

Answer 1

Use quotes:

cd "new folder"

or escape the space:

cd new\ folder

(That being said, cd does not open a file but changes the working directory.)

Andromeda

This is what I was looking for – Projectile

Can this be saved in variable or alias? E.g. NF="new\ folder"; cd $NF – Amalia