MacOS – Error reading /Applications/Xcode. The file doesn’t exist

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I have installed Xcode 6.2 in 10.9.5, and i dont know why, when i run,

xcodebuild -license

i get this error message,

Error reading /Applications/Xcode.  The file doesn’t exist.


By typing 'agree' you are agreeing to the terms of the software license agreements. Type 'print' to print them or anything else to cancel, [agree, print, cancel] agree

You can view the license agreements in Xcode's About Box, or at /Applications/Xcode 2.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/License.rtf

After this i notice that xcodebuild is not well pointed, because 'xcode' folder doesnt exist, i just have 'xcode 2.app', so i dont know if i will have problems in the future, since i am getting this error, and if yes how can i fix it?

Best Answer

It's not a bug. It's how the command line works. If you want to copy a file, you use cp /path/file /path/copy. You use spaces to signal a new argument. If you have spaces in your path, you must tell bash to ignore them: cp /path\ with\ spaces/file /path/copy.

If you use brew, they have a notice on their website that says that Xcode must not have spaces in the name, otherwise the Xcode command line tools won't work properly. (Brew link: https://github.com/Homebrew/legacy-homebrew/issues/38049 )

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