How to “cd” into system files

Question

I have files saved under Macintosh HD/Library/... that I need to manipulate using bash. How can I access those files in the shell?

Answer 1

Just adding to upper ans. You can use single quote or double quote. This is sometimes easier to use as you dont have to escape individual space. Ex:

cd "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library"
cd '/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library'

NOTE: If you are on the mac. Pressing TAB key will auto complete your dir names and it will auto escape spaces for you.

Answer 2

All mounted volumes on OS X are mounted to the "/Volumes" directory. Thus, you would enter this in the terminal:

cd /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/Library

"\ " indicates a space.