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Simple substitution

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kirk124

kirk124

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Apr 15, 2003
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Hi,

How can I do a substitution to change "c:\tmp/sup" to "c:\\tmp\\sup".

I tried s/\/|\\/\\\\/ but it did not work.

--thanks
 
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Instead of using escaped \ ie \\, just use /

HTH
Paul
 
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try using a character class in the substitution instead of '|':
Code: 
s#[/\\]#\\\\#g;

jaa
 
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