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Old 11-04-2011
Awk to replace directory paths
Hi all,

I have written a bash script to do a few things for my Splunk deployment, however, I am currently stuck on one part...

I need to the current working directory (I collect this with `pwd`) in the script as it could in theory be run from a number of locations. I'm not that great with awk and haven't used it in a while. Below is the lines i'm trying to convert to/from:
FROM:
Code:
/var/tmp/scripts/testbed/tcpdump/bin

TO:
Code:
\\/var\\/tmp\\/scripts\\/testbed\\/tcpdump\\/bin

I need to add the "\\" to the path as i'm using echo -e to write to another file so one "\" will be escaped. and then I need the other to be there in the file (as it's part of a regex) I hope this makes sense.

Thanks in advance,

Matt
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Old 11-04-2011
Code:
sed 's;/;\\\\/;g'

# 3  
Old 11-04-2011
Code:
echo '/var/tmp/scripts/testbed/tcpdump/bin' | sed 's#/#\\\\&#g

# 4  
Old 11-04-2011
Thanks guys that did the trick, now my regex just needs fixing....
I've not used sed before, i know it replaces text just unsure of the syntax
# 5  
Old 11-04-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by TauntaunHerder
I need to add the "\\" to the path as i'm using echo -e to write to another file so one "\" will be escaped. and then I need the other to be there in the file (as it's part of a regex) I hope this makes sense.
If you explain in detail what you're actually trying to accomplish, I bet there's a simpler and more direct way than this.
# 6  
Old 11-04-2011
If you really want to use awk:
Code:
awk -F/ '{OFS="\\\\/"; $1=$1; print}'

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