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Old 10-03-2012
replacing \ with / in a file

I have a file as below:

Code:
1578449 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_30.jpg
1578450 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_31.jpg
1578451 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_32.jpg
1578452 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_33.jpg

Can you please let me know how can I replace the backward slashes(\) into forward slashes(/)??

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 10-03-2012
Code:
sed 's:\\:/:g' file

or
Code:
sed 'y:\\:/:' file


Last edited by elixir_sinari; 10-03-2012 at 11:25 AM..
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Old 10-03-2012
Code:
sed 's#\\#/#g' myFile

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Old 10-03-2012
Add a -i.bkup if you want to backup the original file and then write the changes to it:

Code:
sed -i.bkup 's|\\|\/|g' file

cat file
1578449 |//DEV-HUB1/WB_Enterprise_MAM//4-5-2011/dsuggTO/E0003908_2692725_30.jpg
1578450 |//DEV-HUB1/WB_Enterprise_MAM//4-5-2011/dsuggTO/E0003908_2692725_31.jpg
1578451 |//DEV-HUB1/WB_Enterprise_MAM//4-5-2011/dsuggTO/E0003908_2692725_32.jpg
1578452 |//DEV-HUB1/WB_Enterprise_MAM//4-5-2011/dsuggTO/E0003908_2692725_33.jpg

cat file.bkup
1578449 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_30.jpg
1578450 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_31.jpg
1578451 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_32.jpg
1578452 |\\DEV-HUB1\WB_Enterprise_MAM\\4-5-2011\dsuggTO\E0003908_2692725_33.jpg

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Old 10-03-2012
Code:
cat filename | tr '\\' '/' > filename.mod

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Old 10-03-2012
works fine.... Smilie thanks a lot!!!
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