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From: abar@cbnewsk.att.com (jerome.t.abar..jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Spaces Between Words in Files
Keywords: How and Why?
Message-ID: <1990Nov16.200510.22830@cbnewsk.att.com>
Date: 16 Nov 90 20:05:10 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I've run across this problem twice now and nobody here seems to
know what causes it.  I use unix 3.1.5 on a CTRM emulator, but
I've also met people with the same problem who use regular 5425
terminals.

The problem is a file that has two words with a space between
them, such as "foo bar".  How does a file like this get created,
and how do you read it?

I've found that I can erase the file by using rn f*, but it doesn't
work when I try cat f*.  I asked my local help desk expert about it
and she says that people can create those files by accident in a
few different ways but she didn't elaborate.  She also told me that
it wasn't in the manual.  She said that there might be an answer in
VSH but she wasn't sure since she didn't use vsh and didn't know
much about it.

I tried to create a file in vi using two words but I couldn't do it.
I do get a multi-word file created when I run vn instead of rn, but
I can't run the file (it shows up in my home directory).

I'm basically a curious beginner self-taught and learn different
commands as I find a need to know them.  I have no formal unix
training.  Any push in the right direction would be appreciated.
 
Tom Abar

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