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Old 02-27-2012
AWK or SED to replace forward slash
hi
hope somebody can help, there seems to be bit on the net about this, but still cant make it work the way i need.

i have a file live this
Code:
mm dd ff /dev/name1
mm dd ff /dev/name2
mm dd ff /dev/name3
mm dd ff /dev/name4

i need to update /dev/name1 etc to /newdev/new/name1 etc

so the file should look like this afterwards
Code:
mm dd ff /newplace/new/name1
mm dd ff /newplace/new/name2
mm dd ff /newplace/new/name3
mm dd ff /newplace/new/name4

i have tired awk and sed and not getting wait i want,
any help would be great

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# 2  
Old 02-27-2012
escape the / with a \
Code:
sed 's/\/dev/\/newdev\/new/' ~/tmp.dat
mm dd ff /newdev/new/name1
mm dd ff /newdev/new/name2
mm dd ff /newdev/new/name3
mm dd ff /newdev/new/name4

# 3  
Old 02-27-2012
Or just use a different separator in sed so you don't need to escape 367 different things:

Code:
sed 's#/dev/#/newdev/#' filename

# 4  
Old 02-27-2012
thanks,
# 5  
Old 02-27-2012
with awk

Code:
 awk '{sub(/\//,"/newplace/"); print}' filename

# 6  
Old 02-27-2012
Here's simple way's to achieve so...
Code:
# sed  "s/dev/newdev\/new/g"   my-file      OR
# awk -F'dev' '{print $1 "newplace/new" $2}'   my-file

--Shirish Shukla
Last edited by Shirishlnx; 02-27-2012 at 11:44 PM..
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