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Old 09-11-2013
sed command to replace slash in date format only
Hello experts.

I haven't been able to find a solution for this using the sed command.

I only want to replace the forward slash with string "FW_SLASH" only if there's a number right after the slash while preserving the original number.

I have a file containing 2 entries:
Code:
Original File:
/data/usr/one.txt
/01/02/2001

Code:
Desired File:
/data/usr/one.txt
FW_SLASH01FW_SLASH02FW_SLASH2001

I have tried this code but I'm not able to preserve the original number:
Code:
sed 's/\/[0-9]/FWD_SLASH/g'

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 09-11-2013
Code:
sed 's|/\([0-9][0-9]*\)|FW_SLASH\1|g' infile

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# 3  
Old 09-11-2013
Or more short:
Code:
sed 's/\//FWD_SLASH/g' infile

Regards.
# 4  
Old 09-11-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by disedorgue
Or more short:
Code:
sed 's/\//FWD_SLASH/g' infile

Regards.
That would substitute the no-digit line, too.
# 5  
Old 09-12-2013
It's true, I'm attached specific case and not general Smilie
but, in this case:
Code:
sed 's|/\([0-9]\+\)|FW_SLASH\1|g' infile

work as verdepollo version, but both not work with example /0FOO/2BAR/2001

Regards.
# 6  
Old 09-12-2013
Some sed versions support word-boundary anchors \< and \>
Code:
$ echo /0FOO/2BAR/2001 | sed 's|/\([0-9][0-9]*\)|FW_SLASH\1|g'
FW_SLASH0FOOFW_SLASH2BARFW_SLASH2001
$ echo /0FOO/2BAR/2001 | sed 's|/\([0-9][0-9]*\>\)|FW_SLASH\1|g'
/0FOO/2BARFW_SLASH2001

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