python virtualenv path with spaces issues on ubuntu14.04

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I started a python virtual environment in the folder /media/suraj/Extra Drive 1/testEnv/. Notice the space in the path. Now everything works fine except when I use pip freeze.

(testEnv) bin > pip freeze
bash: /media/suraj/Extra Drive 1/testEnv/bin/pip: "/media/suraj/Extra: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

So, I fix the environment variable in activate source file VIRTUAL_ENV="/media/suraj/Extra Drive 1/testEnv" to VIRTUAL_ENV="/media/suraj/Extra\ Drive\ 1/testEnv". Now, after reactivating the environment I check which python but it points to the global python binary. I check if the PATH variable has the environment directory as the first directory and it does.

(testEnv) Extra Drive 1 > echo $PATH
/media/suraj/Extra\ Drive\ 1/testEnv/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/suraj/.config/composer/vendor/bin/:/usr/local/aws/bin

So, I change the VIRTUAL_ENV to the original path without escaped space. Now things work fine but pip freeze doesn't work. Any ideas what could possibly be wrong?

Why do you want to put spaces in your directory name ? you'll only have problems. — Jean-François Fabre, Aug 20 '16 at 20:19
Unfortunate my external drive has been named that way. Is there a way to rename it permanently without any risk? — quantdaddy, Aug 20 '16 at 20:27
Given the stupid name, I would say you can do it (you can still rollback to the previous name if you have too many problems). — Jean-François Fabre, Aug 20 '16 at 20:29
see [similar](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15472430/using-virtualenv-with-spaces-in-a-path) — creativeChips, Aug 20 '16 at 20:41

python virtualenv path with spaces issues on ubuntu14.04

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