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From: Matthew Martin <phy1729@gmail.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: cannot `cd $_` to $_ containing spaces
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:47:48 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201013194748.GA36504@CptOrmolo.darkstar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA0W15K=fUvCSabfCADVnp7Gr9P4awsC2KdhjV67K1viDE_nmQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 12:30:57PM -0700, Soren Roth wrote:
> I made a directory with a space in the name, and tried to cd into it using
> $_, and failed. Just trying to be a good citizen, I wouldn't be surprised
> if this is known or somehow a feature.
> 
> 
> ~ % mkdir ArcGIS\ SDKs
> 
> ~ % cd $_
> 
> cd: string not in pwd: ArcGIS

This appears to be an issue with some part of your setup. It works in
zsh -f.

% PROMPT='%% ' zsh -f
% mkdir foo\ bar
% cd $_
% pwd
/home/phy1729/foo bar


  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-13 19:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-13 19:30 Soren Roth
2020-10-13 19:47 ` Matthew Martin [this message]
2020-10-14  7:25 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2020-10-14 20:49   ` Daniel Shahaf

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