Using sed to replace / in text file

evelibertine · #1 06-27-2012

Hi,

I want to use sed to replace " /// " with "///" in a text file. However I am getting error messages when I use

PHP Code:


sed 's/ /// /////g' input.txt > output.txt

. How do I go about doing this in sed?

Input:

Code:

219518_s_at 0.000189 ELL3 / SERINC4

jim mcnamara · #2 06-27-2012

Code:

sed 's/ \/ /\//g' infile >outfile

evelibertine · #3 06-27-2012

Sorry about the confusion, the smaple input should have been:

Code:

219518_s_at 0.000189 ELL3 /// SERINC4

prithvirao17 · #4 06-28-2012

You can use a ':' in place of a '/' to avoid confusions.

Code:

 
sed 's: ///:///:g' input.txt > output.txt

jayan_jay · #5 06-28-2012

Code:

$ sed 's, /// ,/,g' infile

Scrutinizer · #6 06-28-2012

Code:

sed 's| *//* *|/|g'

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