Escape spaces in Bash folder variable

Question

I am trying to create a variable in Bash to access fastly to some folders and save it to my bash_profile script file. This is how script looks like

Documents=~/Documents
Apps=~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/5.1/Applications

After running the script the $Documents variable works and $Apps doesn't. It tells:

-bash: cd: /Users/myusername/Library/Application: No such file or directory

This is the path to the folder:

/Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications

How should I escape spaces? I use Vim and I type "cd $Apps".

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-26 08:47:01Z

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The spaces are fine; it's your command that's wrong.

cd "$Apps"

answered Jul 26, 2012 at 8:47

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F Corthay · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-07 10:33:09Z

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You can also quote the string and not use the backslash character: Apps='~/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications' cd "$Apps"

answered Jan 7, 2015 at 10:33

F Corthay

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