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Old 11-25-2009
Replacing tokens

Hi all,

I have a variable with value

Code:
DateFileFormat=NAME.CODE.CON.01.#.S001.V1.D$.hent.txt


I want this variable to get replaced with :

var2 is a variable with string value

Code:
DateFileFormat=NAME\\.CODE\\.CON\\.01\\.var2\\.S001\\.V1\\.D[0-9]+\\.hent\\.txt\\.xml$

Please Help
# 2  
Old 11-25-2009
Code:
sed 's/\./.\\\\/g'

# 3  
Old 11-25-2009
Hi tony,

The point is i want to get the replaced string in a variable
# 4  
Old 11-25-2009
Thanks to TonyLawrence
Code:
YOURVAR=$(echo DateFileFormat | sed 's/\./.\\\\/g')

our using backticks
Code:
YOURVAR=`echo DateFileFormat | sed 's/\./.\\\\/g'`


Last edited by frans; 11-25-2009 at 12:43 PM.. Reason: forgot the pipe !
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