Hi all,
I am new to unix and wanted to replace the string consisting \ with nothing.

I tried the following but did not help.

for y in `ls DIV*`;
do
sed s/C:\\Project\\AML\\bin//g $y > temp
mv temp $y
done

I actually want to remove any occurance of C:\Project\ABC\bin in the files.

Thanks & Regards

Got it.

No you don't...

Anyway, all wisecracks aside, you're actually pretty close. Here's your solution:

for y in `ls DIV*`
do
       temp=`echo $y | sed -e 's/C:\\Project\\AML\\bin//g'`
       mv $temp $y
done

mschwage

Thanks a lot!! works as expected

however, could you please elaborate on -e option..

-e Script
"Uses the Script variable as the editing script. If you are using just one -e flag and no -f flag, the -e flag can be omitted."

I do not understand it competely.. Thanks in advance!

for y in `ls DIV*`
do
sed -e 's/C:\\Project\\AML\\bin//g' $y > temp
mv temp $y
done

I had to do this instead as I kept getting the error sayng both $temp & $y are identical.. is something wrong?

The -e option isn't necessary here, it's for combining multiple commands.


Place the mv command after the loop.

Regards