Translate / to \/ 1

[MikeAJ]

I need to replace / with \/ so my sed command doesn't fail, but I'm having problems.

Original Code:

subj_64=`base64.pl -f=subj.test`
sed -e "s/<SUBJ>/${subj_64}/" in.test > out.test

produces the following error:

sed: command garbled: s/<SUBJ>/UHJvYmxlbXMgd2l0aCBOSURBUSA4LjEgZG93bmxvYWQ/Cg==/

It's erroring when the base64 output has a / in it. So I changed it to this:

subj_64=`base64.pl -f=subj.test | tr / \\\/`
sed -e "s/<SUBJ>/${subj_64}/" in.test > out.test

but I can't get it to work. So how can I replace / with \/ using tr?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[PHV]

Have you tried this instead ?
subj_64=`base64.pl -f=subj.test`
sed -e "s!<SUBJ>!${subj_64}!" in.test > out.test

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[MikeAJ]

Awesome! That worked like a charm! I didn't know you can use "!".

Thanks so much!
Mike

 

[Annihilannic]

You can use almost any character after the 's' command, but "/", "!" and "#" are used most frequently by convention.

Annihilannic.