Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 108980
confusion between 'cd..' and 'cd ..'
Last modified: 2014-08-04 18:14:34 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030728 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1 Description of problem: The table of commands shows 'cd ..' and 'cd ..' as the commands used in DOS and bash to go up one level in the directory structure. This is correct and will work in both cases. However, many DOS users are accustomed to using 'cd..' (with no spaces between the 'cd' and the dots. This will not work in bash. It isn't exactly a serious issue, and most users notice fairly quickly, but it might still be appropriate to include a footnote noting that 'cd..' != 'cd ..' . regards, atrazine -atrazine@gmx.net- Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 9 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.NA, see description 2. 3. Additional info:
The applicable section is Appendix C http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-doslinux.html
I believe that it would be catering to a dying breed. Although there might be a few command line weenies still out there, they would be quick to note that "cd.." does not work with bash (but it can with other shells). $ cd.. bash: cd..: command not found $ cd .. $
Thank you for your report. Though DOS users new to Linux would be accustomed to typing 'cd..', the bash prompt will notify a user right away to the error in their syntax as noted by the second reporter above. This error probably does not need to be documented unless there are additional reports on this subject. Thanks again for your feedback.