Escape character

deepakpv · #1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2007

Hi ,
I want to change space to ' in my script.
I tried doing this,

sed 's/ /\'/g' filename

but i could not get it.
can some one help me please.
Thanks,
Deepak

andryk · #2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2007

try the double quote

Code:

sed -e "s/ /\'/g" file

vish_indian · #3 (**permalink**) 02-16-2007

sed "s/ /'/g" filename works for me.

deepakpv · #4 (**permalink**) 02-16-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by andryk

try the double quote

Code:

sed -e "s/ /\'/g" file

Thanks Andryk.
It worked

deepakpv · #5 (**permalink**) 02-16-2007

Thanks Vish.

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