If the '/' is what is giving you problems then write your sed line with
something else. It is setup to use pretty much any character after the 's'
This example uses @ instead, I've also seen % used. but pretty much
anything will work:
sed -e 's@a_pattern@anotherpattern'$ENV_VAR'@' myfile.txt
-Kyle
Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I'm trying to:
> sed -e 's/a_pattern/another_pattern'$A_ENV_VAR'/' myfile.txt
>
> if my $A_ENV_VAR has no special character 'sed' works, however if it has
> special character (like a full path name: A_ENV_VAR=/usr/local/temp) 'sed'
> doesn't work.
> How could I overcome this problem?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
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> Alan Wilter S. da Silva
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> Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica
> Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho
> Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
> Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
>
>
>
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