Cut a file whose name contains a space

Question

There is a file /home/tiger/Desktop/shell practice. I want to cut 9 blank spaces from it:

cut -c 10- '/home/tiger/Desktop/shell practice'
cut: /home/tiger/Desktop/shell practice: No such file or directory

How can I do this?

Because single quote should work even if the file name has a space. — P.P, Sep 22 '12 at 07:55
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1574898/bash-and-filenames-with-spaces — tartar, Sep 22 '12 at 08:03
Are you sure you have the name right? Try typing `cut -c 10- '/home/tiger/Desktop/shell` then TAB; it should auto-complete the file name, with backslashes added to escape any spaces. Also try `ls /home/tiger/Desktop | cat -A` — Keith Thompson, Sep 22 '12 at 09:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 23 '12 at 02:57

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cut -c 10- '/home/tiger/Desktop/shell\ practice'

A friend told me how to solve it.

edited Sep 23 '12 at 02:57

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answered Sep 23 '12 at 02:32

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