John Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Randy Yates > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > >I have a path string, "xyz", that I want to prefix a volume specification > >to (under MS-Windows), so that I get "v:\xyz". If I use the following > > > > echo "xyz" | sed "s/^/v:\\/" > > > >I get a "unterminated `s' command" response. Why? It > >seems that sed is associating the second "\" in "\\/" > >with the "\" instead of with the first "\". Why? What > >is the proper way to accomplish the substitution? > > Under a unix-like operating system the \\ inside "" would be an escape > sequence for \
Doh! Thanks John. echo "xyz" | sed 's/^/v:\\/' works. --RY > > > I would try > > echo "xyz" | sed "s/^/v:\\\\/" > > It may even work! > -- > John Lowe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Randy Yates Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Research Triangle Park, NC, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED], 919-472-1124 _______________________________________________ help-gnu-utils mailing list help-gnu-utils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-utils
