Error while renaming file

proactiveaditya · October 27, 2009, 8:20am

After running he following command to rename a file:

[root@wiki ~]# mv 'Linux CPU (EDF).sh' LinuxCpu(EDF).sh

I am getting the following error:

-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

Why is this happening?

zaxxon · October 27, 2009, 8:25am

Brackets are symbols that the shell wants to interpret. Enclose the new filename in single quotation marks too.

proactiveaditya · October 27, 2009, 8:26am

Is it because i didn't escape the brackets in the new name?

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Thanks, got it