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# 1  
Old 02-08-2012
sed delimiter
HI all,,
I hve defined something like

Code:
set data = /data/2012/text

while using
Code:
sed 's/$data//g'

I am getting error as:I understand this is due to / slash,but is there any way out of it....
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 12: unknown option to `s'

Thakns in adv.
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-08-2012 at 06:17 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 02-08-2012
Code:
sed "s:$data::g"

# 3  
Old 02-08-2012
$data is within single quotes, so in this case it would get interpreted literally as a $ sign followed by the letters data.
My guess is you were using double quotes and then you could do something like this:
Code:
sed "|$data||g"

instead of | you can use almost any character you like.
Code:
sed "#$data##g"

# 4  
Old 02-08-2012
Thanks for your effort but it is not helping
Code:
/data/2012/text/1
/data/2012/text/2
/data/2012/text/3
/data/2012/text/4
/data/2012/text/5
/data/2012/text/6

I just want to take out /data/2012/text ($data) out of those,tried ur command
Code:
sed "s:$data::g"

but got error as
Code:
Bad : modifier in $ (:).

please help

---------- Post updated at 01:38 AM ---------- Previous update was at 01:32 AM ----------

thanks all of u,
it worked with
Code:
sed 's:'"$data"'::g'


thanks a lot again!!!!
appreciated all ur help
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-08-2012 at 06:17 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 5  
Old 02-08-2012
Are you using csh or tcsh? Switch to sh/ksh/bash.
# 6  
Old 02-08-2012
Works for me.
Another alternative, if you want to remove string till the last slash, try this:
Code:
$ sed 's:.*/:/:g' inputfile
/1
/2
/3
/4
/5
/6

# 7  
Old 02-08-2012
thanks alot again all of you.
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