Spaces on directories using "cd" Unix command

Question

I've been trying to access a directory but it seems as if I'm not allowed to do an indirect cd command. I'm trying to access

> C:\Program Files

But it seems like using cd \Program Files doesn't work, I also tried cd \Program_Files but to no avail, what is the correct syntax?

Try cd "C:\\Program Files". The backward slash is an escape character in Unix so you have to escape to mean a literal backward slash — Code Different
– Code Different, Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 14:56
I indeed used the backward slash, but found that I had to put it after "Program" like this C:\Program\ Files — Enrique Medina
– Enrique Medina, Commented Sep 8, 2015 at 15:08

CarolineBda · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-08 14:57:22Z

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Escape with '\'

cd C:\Program\ Files

answered Sep 8, 2015 at 14:57

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The other option is to put quotes around the path: cd "C:\Program Files"