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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

Thanks!
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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}
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this is a sample of the code I have to get the file "GetSeries.php.xml" from thetvdb.com

Code:
series_name="green hornet"

curl -s -o /Users/rtipton/Desktop/GetSeries.php.xml "http://thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=$series_name"
When I run this, I get a bunch of results in the xml for tv shows including "green" in the title. Curl doesn't include anything after the first space in the URL.

I'm not sure what output I could provide in this instance, let me know if I can give more

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

Code:
string=${string// /%20}
Hey thanks cfajohnson, that did the trick, the second suggestion works perfectly!

Thanks again for being so helpful guys, I really appreciate it.
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you can try something like this
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series_name=`echo "$series_name"|sed 's/ /%20/g'`
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you can try something like this
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series_name=`echo "$series_name"|sed 's/ /%20/g'`
Nice this works as well. Too many good options here! You guys are good, thanks again!

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