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+======Case Study 0x2: Unconventional Naming======
+The second case study in the greatest class I will ever take. I will learn how to work with difficultly named files!
+=====Objectives=====
+Learn how to give commands with poorly named files. I will finish this case study with the knowledge required to call up files with spaces, odd characters, etc.
+=====Procedure=====
+<cli>
+lab46:~/Documents/badname$ ls
+challenge  example  exercise
+lab46:~/Documents/badname$ ls -la example/
+total 4
+drwxr-x--- 2 adahmane lab46 28 Feb 10  2004 .
+drwxr-x--- 5 adahmane lab46 51 Sep 17  2010 ..
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46 39 Dec  2  2001 look at me.text
+lab46:~/Documents/badname$ ls -la exe
+ls: cannot access exe: No such file or directory
+lab46:~/Documents/badname$ ls -la exercise/
+total 44
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   43 Feb 10  2004 #pico28903#
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   28 Feb 10  2004 $USER VALUE$
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   23 Feb 10  2004 ( parenthesis & other odd things )
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   72 Feb 10  2004 *** watch out! ***
+drwxr-x--- 2 adahmane lab46 4096 Feb 10  2004 .
+drwxr-x--- 5 adahmane lab46   51 Sep 17  2010 ..
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   42 Dec  2  2001 ??? can you delete me ???.abc
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   35 Feb 10  2004 `ls` * HI! *
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   50 Dec  2  2001 change my\ name.file
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   52 Dec  2  2001 compress "this" file.data
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   40 Feb 10  2004 just a simple file.txt
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46   46 Feb 10  2004 one, 'two', three, "four"
+lab46:~/Documents/badname$ ls -la challenge/
+total 4
+-rw-r----- 1 adahmane lab46 56 Dec 16  2001 - challenge round -
+drwxr-x--- 2 adahmane lab46 32 Sep 28  2012 .
+drwxr-x--- 5 adahmane lab46 51 Sep 17  2010 ..
+</cli>
+Below are the files I decided to cat using the wildcards learned in the case study...
+Using the * wildcard:
+<cli>
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat comp*
+this file has spaces and double quotes in its name.
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat one*
+spaces, commas, two types of quotes... oh my!
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat change*
+This file has spaces and a backslash in its name.
+</cli>
+Using the \ escape character:
+<cli>
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat \#pico28903#
+laLAA... pretend this is a pico temp file.
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat \*\*\*\ watch\ out\!\ \*\*\*
+Care must be taken when using the '!' symbol, as it deals with history.
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat \?\?\?\ can\ you\ delete\ me\ \?\?\?.abc
+This file has spaces and ?'s in its name.
+</cli>
+Using the shell quoting facilities:
+<cli>
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat "just a simple file.txt"
+Simple, but simpler without the spaces!
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat "( parenthesis & other odd things )"
+Are we having fun yet?
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/exercise$ cat "??? can you delete me ???.abc"
+This file has spaces and ?'s in its name.
+</cli>
+I had to use the man to figure out the last one:
+<cli>
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/challenge$ man rm
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/challenge$ rm -- -\ challenge\ round\ -
+rm: remove regular file `- challenge round -'? yes
+lab46:~/Documents/badname/challenge$ ls
+</cli>

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