search and repalce a char in path using sed ???

nano2 · 09-01-2009, 03:01 PM

Hi ,
I have the following path wher i want to replace forward slashes with back slashes using sed
path=/temp/file.tar

I am using the following but it's not working

any help or suggestion much appreciated ?
Thanks inadvance,

cat $path | sed -e 's//\/' > $path

anomie · 09-01-2009, 03:08 PM

Code:

$ _foo='/bar/baz/boo'
$ echo ${_foo} | sed 's/\//\\/g'
\bar\baz\boo

You just forgot to escape a couple things, and to replace all instances on the line.

bbeers · 09-01-2009, 03:27 PM

Are you trying to modify the path to the file or the contents of the file?

If the former, use

Code:

 path2=$( echo $path | sed -e 's:\/:\\:g' )

if the latter, use

Code:

 sed -i -e 's:\/:\\:g' $path

HTH,

-Bob

ghostdog74 · 09-01-2009, 07:24 PM

Code:

# path=/temp/file.tar
# echo ${path//\//\\}
\temp\file.tar