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Old 10-06-2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tret View Post
Hi guys, so I have another issue. Can I use sed to replace spaces in a string or variable with %20

I am having trouble with using curl on URL's containing spaces

Code:
string=$( printf "%s\n" "$string" | sed 's/ /%20/g' )
Or. with bash or ksh93:

Code:
string=${string// /%20}