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a beginner would not likely quote the argument, so the point is moot... besides, what kind of savage wants a directory name with spaces?

• hpcjoe 6y ago
  (looks at all his directories which are written as phrases and ...) [raises hand] This type of savage?
• dundarious 6y ago
  True, they'd have to learn how to use arguments with spaces in the shell -- but this won't necessarily happen near the time they add mcd to their .bashrc, which may lead to frustration with customization, and stifle the desire to learn. Something to be avoided when it is simple and easy to do so.
• yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  > a beginner would not likely quote the argument, so the point is moot... But a beginner could still tab-complete file names and get them automatically backslashed.
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