10-15-2009
Using sed to append backward slash before forward slash
Hi all,
I need to know way of inserting backward slash before forward slash. My problem is that i need to supply directory path as an argument while invoking cshell script. This argument is further used in script (i.e. sed is used to insert this path in some file). So i need to place \ in front of / in path.
I am thinking of saving path supplied as argument in some variable and then processing that variable before it is supplied to sed. Can any one suggest me way of finding & inserting \. Please try to answer with csh & sed ass refernce as my script is in cshell.
-Sarbjit
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MAKESH(1) General Commands Manual MAKESH(1)
NAME
makeSH - a .SH script maker
SYNOPSIS
makeSH files
DESCRIPTION
MakeSH examines one or more scripts and produces a .SH file that, when run under sh, will produce the original script. The .SH script so
produced has two sections containing code destined for the output. The first section has variable substitutions performed on it (taking
values from config.sh), while the second section does not. MakeSH does not know which variables you want to have substituted, so it puts
the whole script into the second section. It's up to you to insert any variable substitutions in the first section for any values you want
from config.sh.
You should run makeSH from within your top-level directory and use the relative path to the file as an argument, so that the "Extracting
..." line printed while running the produced .SH file later on will give that same path.
AUTHOR
Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>
SEE ALSO
pat(1), metaconfig(1), makedist(1).
BUGS
It could assume that variables from metaconfig's Glossary need to be initialized in the first section, but I'm too lazy to make it do that.
LOCAL MAKESH(1)