02-15-2010
(The number of backslashes will be different when typed from the command prompt compared with a similar line in a script. It is important that the solutions posted are tested from a script not from the command line.).
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Hi all,
What am I doing wrong here?
$ cat test_sed.ksh
#!/usr/bin/ksh
var="sed -e \'6s/9/6/\' testfile.txt > testfile.txt.2"
$var
$ ./test_sed.ksh
sed: command garbled: \'6s/9/6/\'
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