title: OS X cp command in Terminal - No such file or directory
body: <p>this might be one of those days my brain just does not work, or i'm incredibly dumb. i've been trying to copy files (which are actually directories .app, .bundle, etc.) but consistently get an error 'No such file or directory'. i've tried every possible combination of using no / slash, using the file name, using no file name. help! :/</p>
  
  <p>original directory: <code>~/desktop/directory/file.bundle</code></p>
  
  <p>destination directory: <code>/library/application\ support/directory</code></p>
  
  <p><em>so in otherwords, the <code>file.bundle</code> needs to go in that ^ directory</em></p>
  
  <p>tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code># cp $HOME/Desktop/directory/file.bundle /library/application\ support/directory
  cp: /Users/airhead/Desktop/directory/file.bundle: No such file or directory
  
  # cp -rf ~/desktop/directory/file.bundle /library/application\ support/directory/ 
  cp: /Users/airhead/Desktop//directory/file.bundle: No such file or directory
  
  # cd ~/
  
  # cp -r directory/file.bundle /library/application\ support/directory/file.bundle
  cp: /Users/airhead/Desktop/directory/file.bundle: No such file or directory
  
  # cp -Rf $HOME"/directory/file.bundle" "/library/application\ support/directory/"
  cp: directory /Library/Application\ Support/directory/ does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>additional info:</p>
  
  <pre><code># ls -la $HOME/Desktop/directory/
  ls: /Users/airhead/Desktop/directory/: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>