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From the command line, I can get to My Documents by "cd /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/myusername/My\ Documents". The space in the file name must be preceded by a backslash. However when I define an alias (myfiles) in my .bashrc file, source the .bashrc file and then type "cd $myfiles", cygwin says "too many arguments". What am I doing wrong?

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Did you try to quote the variable?

cd "$myfiles"
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  • No, I had not tried using cd "$myfiles" but it works like a champ. Thanks ever so much for the suggestion.
    – Ben Blackwell
    Aug 21, 2017 at 19:21
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    I just discovered that single quotes around $myfiles will not work; you have to use double quotes.
    – Ben Blackwell
    Apr 29, 2023 at 17:21
  • @BenBlackwell I think shells usually dont interpolate variables in single quotes. Try echo '$myfiles' or echo '$HOME' vs echo "$HOME"
    – Gribouillis
    Apr 29, 2023 at 19:06

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