I have instructions to uninstal a program using terminal commands...but it won't let me get to the directory were the uninstall program is:
cd /Library/Application Support/SecurID
It won't let me go to Application Support folder even though when I list files in the Library directory, it shows up?
Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.3)
My question might not be clear....trying to get to Application Support folder using terminal and it won't let me.
Macintosh-3:Library Melissa$ ls
Acrobat User Data Favorites Printers
Address Book Plug-Ins FontCollections PubSub
Application Support Fonts Receipts
Assistants Icons Recent Servers
Audio Input Methods Safari
Autosave Information Internet Plug-Ins Saved Searches
Caches Keyboard Layouts Screen Savers
Calendars Keychains Sounds
ColorPickers LaunchAgents Spelling
ColorSync Logs Voices
Colors Mail iMovie
Compositions Mail Downloads iTunes
Cookies PreferencePanes
Documentation Preferences
Macintosh-3:Library Melissa$ cd Application Support
-bash: cd: Application: No such file or directory
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Cheers, Tom 😉
My question might not be clear....trying to get to Application Support folder using terminal and it won't let me.
That's because 'Application Support' contains a space in its name, and the shell treats spaces as argument delimiters - in other words it thinks you're asking to 'cd Applications', which is doomed to failure.
The solution is simple - either quote the file/directory name if it includes spaces (or other certain characters);
$ cd "Application Support"
or escape the troublesome character with a backslash - this tells the shell to treat the next character literally rather than as a delimiter:
$ cd Application\ Support
Thanks...I thought is was the space but had no idea how to get around that!! Thanks again!
using terminal to uninstall program
