I want to insert "/" into a substitution. Why am i getting an "unknown option" even though exactly the same construction works if i use it from a script file?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test $ cat > foo foo is barred # test file [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test $ sed s/foo/bar/g foo bar is barred # sed works :) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test $ sed s/foo/\/bar/g foo sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unknown option to `s' # ERROR [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test $ cat > sedfile s/foo/\/bar/g # script file... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test $ sed -f sedfile foo /bar is barred # ... works [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test $ I've noticed the same problem applies to using & in the replacement on the cli. It seems that the replacement part doesn't recognise a backslash. Have I missed something? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
