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I_fucking_hate_them_now (media.piefed.world)
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[–] 38 points 1 year ago* (8 children) 
Oh\ come\ on,\ it\'s\ not\ that\ bad

Some shells enclose those types of files within inverted commas. Such that:

> ls
file\ name.md

is instead

> ls
'file name.md'

(I use fish)

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    "inverted commas"? single quotes?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes, I am a weird english.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What is the Old Continent name of those: `

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    On its own, the backtick is primarily used in computing, and so doesn't have an old-timey-English name, nor does the Jargon File mention a Commonwealth Hackish name for it. While there are a variety of other names, I don't think any of them are specific to the UK

    When used with a letter, it marks a grave accent; this was its original purpose on a typewriter

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Floating commas

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