Perfect. the "builtin cd" is what I needed and placed it in the function and it works. I was having the same loop problem using an alias and did not have the "shopt -s expand_aliases" option.
I want to replace a string which contains "/" in vi but what is the escape character for forward slash?
e.g. I have a text file with the contents below and I want to replace "/Top/Sub/Sub1" with "ABC".
/Top/Sub/Sub1
The replace command I am using is ... (4 Replies)
Hi ,
I want to change space to ' in my script.
I tried doing this,
sed 's/ /\'/g' filename
but i could not get it.
can some one help me please.
Thanks,
Deepak (4 Replies)
Hi All,
How do i write in sed for the 6th and 7th field of etc/passwd file as it involves "/" character?
Does mine below is correct? It's incomplete script as i need help with syntax as i always getting may errors :(
Example of etc/passwd file:
blah:x:1055:600:blah... (6 Replies)
Hello experts
I am trying to write a shell script which will add ' ' to a unix variable and then pass it to oracle for inserting to a table.
I am running the script as root and I have to do a su -c .
The problem is the character ' is not recognised inside sed even after adding escape... (1 Reply)
my @array;
my $sepa = "|";
print $sepa;
open FH, "<100_20091023_2.txt";
while(<FH>){
push @array, split(/\$sepa/, $_);
print "@array\n\n";
}
I am not able split the line which have | separated (1 Reply)
All ,
i have input line as below .
abc\ , ewioweioi \,
and want the output as below removing the "\"
abc , ewioweioi ,
could anyone help me out (2 Replies)
I need to change a pattern with single quotes
# echo "serversignature: 'On'"
serversignature: 'On'
I did
# echo "serversignature: 'On'" | sed 's/.*serversignature.*/serversignature: 'Off'/'
serversignature: Off
The output I need is with single quotes. But its swallowing it.
... (2 Replies)
friends,
I have a situation where i am using a $RANDOM function along with the filename, I want this to be escaped by the OS in the first assignment (works as expected) and executed in the second assignment (does not execute $RANDOM)
filename1=filename1_\$RANDOM
echo $filename1... (3 Replies)
Hi ,
I am looking for a function which will do the following.
1. I have a variable which will hold few special chracter like
SPECIAL_CHARS="& ;"2. I have an escape character.
ESCAPE_CHAR="\"3. Now when I passed some string in the function it will return the same string but now it will... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Anupam_Halder
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
pwd
PWD(1) User Commands PWD(1)NAME
pwd - print name of current/working directory
SYNOPSIS
pwd [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Print the full filename of the current working directory.
-L, --logical
use PWD from environment, even if it contains symlinks
-P, --physical
avoid all symlinks
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of pwd, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's docu-
mentation for details about the options it supports.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report pwd translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO getcwd(3)
The full documentation for pwd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and pwd programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'pwd invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 PWD(1)