How to escape "()" characters in commad

Edvinas Valatka edacval at gmail.com
Sun Oct 24 00:35:43 MDT 2010


On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:44:49 -0700 (PDT)
rlinsurf <rlinsurf at dhnet.us> wrote:

> 
> I have the following command:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/rsync -avv 'Jeffrey’s iPhone (Root)'/ 'Macintosh
> HD'/Users/jeffrey/Downloads/iphone_backup
> 
> Unfortunately, it's barking when it hits the "(". 
> 
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> 
> How can I escape this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 

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