[Wine] Ampersand (&) in filename

[James McKenzie]

On 12/30/10 8:29 PM, doh123 wrote:
> seebrown wrote:
>> Wine has been working great on my Mac, but when I tried to start Black&  White after installing, I can't get it open because the filename is literally "Black&  White". Does anyone know what to do about the ampersand in Terminal? Or is there another way to start installed programs in Wine that I'm missing other than through Terminal? Thanks!
>
> you can usually rename the exe file to not have the&  ... or you have to type it in with a \ in front, so it knows you really mean an&...
>
> wine Black\ \&\ White.exe
>
> same as you use \ so it knows about a space.
>
> me, I'd just rename it to "Black and White.exe"
Or you could use:

wine 'Black & White.exe' and not have to use the backslashes.

James McKenzie