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Old 09-19-2010
Replacing / with a space using awk
I have a string and want to replace the / with a space.

For example having "SP/FS/RP" I want to get "SP FS RP"

However I am having problems using gsub

Code:
set phases = `echo $Aphases | awk '{gsub(///," ")}; {print}'`

# 2  
Old 09-19-2010
You need to escape the slant:

Code:
gsub( /\//, " ", $0 );

# 3  
Old 09-19-2010
Code:
tr / ' '

# 4  
Old 09-19-2010
Code:
$
$
$ echo "SP/FS/RP" | sed 's/\// /g'
SP FS RP
$
$
$ echo "SP/FS/RP" | perl -plne 's/\// /g'
SP FS RP
$
$

tyler_durden
# 5  
Old 09-19-2010
Code:
$ echo "SP/FS/RP"|ruby -e 'puts gets.split("/").join(" ")'
SP FS RP

# 6  
Old 09-20-2010
Another one with awk:
Code:
awk -F/ '$1=$1'

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