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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basename
basename(1) General Commands Manual basename(1)
NAME
basename, dirname - extract portions of path names
SYNOPSIS
string [suffix]
[string]
DESCRIPTION
deletes any prefix ending in and the suffix (if present in string) from string, and prints the result on the standard output. If string
consists entirely of slash characters, string is set to a single slash character. If there are any trailing slash characters in string,
they are removed. If the suffix operand is present but not identical to the characters remaining in string, but it is identical to a suf-
fix of the characters remaining in string, the suffix is removed from string. is normally used inside command substitution marks within
shell procedures.
delivers all but the last level of the path name in string. If string does not contain a directory component, returns indicating the cur-
rent working directory.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
determines the interpretation of string and, in the case of basename, suffix as single and/or multi-byte characters.
If is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each unspecified or empty vari-
able. If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of If any internationalization
variable contains an invalid setting, and behave as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See environ(5).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
EXAMPLES
The following shell script, invoked with the argument compiles the named file and moves the output to a file named in the current direc-
tory:
The following example sets the shell variable to
RETURN VALUE
and return one of the following values:
Successful completion.
Incorrect number of command-line arguments.
SEE ALSO
expr(1), sh(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
basename(1)