On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 11:42:05AM +0100, Paul Everlund wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-03 11:13:39 +0100: > > > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Malik Blent wrote: > > > > But my expression has "/" that is there is a "/" in a expression > > > > What shall i do ? > > > > my expression is "new: 11" I want to change "new: 11" with "new/11" > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > # echo "new: 11" | sed s/new\:\ 11/new\\/11/ > > > > you don't have to use slashes for the delimiters. see sed(1). > > > > roman@freepuppy ~ 1003:0 > echo "new: 11" | sed 's,: ,/,' > > new/11 > > roman@freepuppy ~ 1004:0 > echo "new: 11" | sed 's:\: :/:' > > new/11 > > roman@freepuppy ~ 1005:0 > echo "new: 11" | sed 's-: -/-' > > new/11 > > Thanks for the tip! I wasn't aware of that. When it comes to man sed(1): > Reading a Kafka book is light weight reading compared to that man > page. :-) > Mmm, it ought to be in lights. Problem with sed is that it has a set of advanced features that very few people ever work out how to use. Simple facts like the possibility of using another string delimiter probably get lost in the melee. The advanced features could probably be wripped out and I doubt if anyone would notice... -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands
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