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How do I 'cd' into a folder that has a '\' in the folder name

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Mar 15, 20263498 views
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Problem

I have a folder named How do I into it?

Error Output

abcd\fff\ggg\ddd

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Fix for: How do I 'cd' into a folder that has a '\' in the folder name

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You have to escape the backslash character in order for it to work: Escaping means prefixing the backslash (also have to do this if the directory contains a space) with, funnily enough, a backslash. Linux interprets a single backslash as the escape …

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