sed with backslash

[victorv]

Hi,
I am not able to use sed with syntax :

echo $LINE | sed "s/str1/str2/g"

if str2 is a backslash .

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I have to translate a Unix path /home/mydir/a/b/c
in a DOS one as \home\mydir\a\b\c .

I can capture str1 = / (using "s/\// ) but when
I use \ or \\ to indicate the backslash in the replace part, the syntax become incorrect.

Thanks

 

[ggauthier]

Here's how to complete it at a shell prompt.

echo $LINE | sed "s#/#\\\#g"

You would need to play with your str values.

-glenn

 

[p5wizard]

echo $LINE | tr "/" "\\"

HTH,

p5wizard