Help Deleting a Backslash! Am i an idiot?

farmerjoe · 03-21-2005, 08:48 AM

I swear, i have been trying to do this for hours, but can't seem to get it right.

I need to delete a \ (escape character) in a string. It is being put there automatically in a PHP form as an escape character to escape apostrophies, but I desperately need a way (in bash) to delete it! I've tried tr and sed, but my knowledge is limited. Please help!

Here is an example:
Problem: Farmerjoe\'s idiocracy is causing him heartache!
Solution: Farmerjoe's idiocracy is causing him heartache!

Thanks!,
farmerjoe

YetAnotherDave · 03-21-2005, 09:37 AM

How's this?

Code:

#! /bin/bash
X="Farmerjoe\'s idiocracy is causing him heartache!"
echo  $X
echo  $X | sed -e 's/\\//g'

- Dave

keefaz · 03-21-2005, 10:12 AM

or

Code:

str="it\\'s a string\with\backspace\"
echo $str | tr -d '\\\'

or in PHP

PHP Code:



$str = "it\\'s a string\\with\\backspace"; 
echo stripslashes($str);

farmerjoe · 03-21-2005, 11:03 AM

The PHP method was perfect keefaz. Unfortunately i was not able to get the tr or sed methods to perform as desired. I had previously tried both before posting the question on the forum. But thanks everyone for your help and suggestions! You guys are great!

-farmerjoe