single or double quote in SED

asami · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006

i m trying the following command but its not working:

sed 's/find/\'replace\'/g' myFile

but the sed enters into new line

[root@asamiLinux root]# sed 's/find/re\'place/g' myFile
>

I havn't any idea how to put single quote in my replace string. Your early help woud be appreciated. Thanx

vino · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006

Code:

sed "s/find/'replace'/g" myFile

asami · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-2006

Thanx, i tried it earlier but didn't work at that time. now i find the problem , it was a tilde which created the problem

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