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sed the escape character

TonyMac · 2011-03-04 12:48:57

I don't know whether this is easy or impossible!! #sed "s|%5C|\|g" $DB_NAME"data01.sql" >$DB_NAME"data02.sql" I am trying to convert the %5C to \ but this seems like a good way to kill ubuntu!!!:D How do I escape \?

04-03-2011 01:48PM

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TonyMac

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I don't know whether this is easy or impossible!!

#sed "s|%5C|\|g" $DB_NAME"data01.sql" >$DB_NAME"data02.sql"

I am trying to convert the %5C to \ but this seems like a good way to kill ubuntu!!!:D

How do I escape \?

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#2 04-03-2011 03:15PM

pickarooney

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Does using \e or \x1B instead of %5C help?

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#3 05-03-2011 08:24PM

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TonyMac wrote: »

I don't know whether this is easy or impossible!!

#sed "s|%5C|\|g" $DB_NAME"data01.sql" >$DB_NAME"data02.sql"

I am trying to convert the %5C to \ but this seems like a good way to kill ubuntu!!!:D

How do I escape \?

You should just be able to use \\.

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