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This might be related to this question but the answers there did not work for me.

I plugged my external HD, then in a Terminal, I type

ls /Volumes/TOSHIBA\ EXT

This lists files and folders as expected, but then entering:

cd /Volumes/TOSHIBA\ EXT

throws the following message

-bash: cd: /Volumes/TOSHIBA\: No such file or directory

What is going on here? How do I change to a directory with spaces via Terminal.app?

Here is the context info:

uname -vsr

Darwin 17.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0: Mon Mar  5 22:24:32 PST 2018; root:xnu-4570.51.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64
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cd /Volumes/TOSHIBA\ EXT should normally work. As a sanity check, you could try this:

command cd /Volumes/TOSHIBA\ EXT

This will bypass any aliases and functions that may be configured in your environment and interfere. To get to the bottom of why cd is not working as expected, try what comments suggested:

type cd
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