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# 1  
Old 10-27-2010
Convert / to \
Hi,
In my input variable values are c:/test/sample/
I need to convert it to c:\test\sample
I need to find and replace it
How do I do it?
var_conversion=`"$var_SearchFile" | sed 's/'\'/'/'/g'`
echo ${var_conversion%/*}

My code throws error
# 2  
Old 10-27-2010
hi,
something like this:
Code:
echo "c:/test/sample/" | sed -e 's/\//\\/g'

or
Code:
var_conversion=`"$var_SearchFile" | sed -e 's/\//\\/g'`

Last edited by dragon.1431; 10-27-2010 at 05:45 PM.. Reason: corrected typo
# 3  
Old 10-27-2010
Code:
$ echo 'c:/test/sample' | sed 's:/:\\:g'
c:\test\sample
$

just use another separator than the / so you won't need to escape it, only the backslash will keep its special meaning and must be escaped by itself
# 4  
Old 10-27-2010
Code:
echo -e "c:/test/sample/" | tr '/' '\\'

# 5  
Old 10-27-2010
Using shell(bash or ksh) parameter expansion
Code:
var='c:/test/sample'
echo ${var//\//\\}
c:\test\sample

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