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Asked: 2026-06-08T22:43:34+00:00

I am trying to create a variable in Bash to access fastly to some

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I am trying to create a variable in Bash to access fastly to some folders and save it to my bash_profile script file. This is how script looks like

Documents=~/Documents
Apps=~/Library/Application\ Support/iPhone\ Simulator/5.1/Applications

After running the script the $Documents variable works and $Apps doesn’t. It tells: 

-bash: cd: /Users/myusername/Library/Application: No such file or directory

This is the path to the folder: 

/Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/5.1/Applications

How should I escape spaces? I use Vim and I type “cd $Apps”.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The spaces are fine; it’s your command that’s wrong.

    cd "$Apps"
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