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[โ€“] callyral@pawb.social 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

not sure why the default behavior is this:

file\ name\ with\ a\ bunch\ of\ spaces

instead of this:

"file name with a bunch of spaces"

but you can just press " before pressing tab to auto-complete, and it will use the 2nd form

Because quoting requires token expansion (e.g. ~ to /home/you). Escaping gives you a much shorter path in that case.

That said I'm with you, full quoted paths read better to me.