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Old 06-20-2011
Help with convert string
Hi.
I will be very appreciated for help.
I need replace all characters into string with \ (backslash)
I mean if I have word abcdefg as input.
How I can convert it to \a\b\c\d\e\f\g

Thanks and best regards. Staas.
# 2  
Old 06-20-2011
Code:
echo "abcdefg" | sed 's/./\\\0/g'

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# 3  
Old 06-20-2011
Code:
sed 's/./&\\/g' file

# 4  
Old 06-20-2011
Hi
Thanks for quick answer
Staas.
# 5  
Old 06-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Code:
echo "abcdefg" | sed 's/./\\\0/g'

With the command above I get this as output:
Code:
echo "abcdefg" | sed 's/./\\\0/g'
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0

# 6  
Old 06-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
With the command above I get this as output:
Code:
echo "abcdefg" | sed 's/./\\\0/g'
\0\0\0\0\0\0\0

Hmmm.. I guess \0 as substitute of "&" can be used only in GNU sed...
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