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Old 07-15-2011
sed command on ksh
How to use sed command to delete / and \ in a text...

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 07-15-2011
Code:
$ echo "\/" | sed -e 's,\/,,' -e 's,\\,,'

$ echo "\/"
\/
$

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Old 07-16-2011
Code:
echo '/ and \' | sed 's/[/|\]//g'

Last edited by Franklin52; 07-17-2011 at 06:28 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples, thank you
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Old 07-16-2011
"tr" can be used instead of "sed" and would likely be faster:
Code:
echo '/ and \' | tr -d '\\/'

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Old 07-18-2011
Thanks for all your help! It works...
# 6  
Old 07-18-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ltomuno
Code:
echo '/ and \' | sed 's/[/|\]//g'

We do not actually require symbol | in the sed command.
Code:
echo '/ and \' | sed 's/[\/]//g'

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