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Old 07-24-2014
How to store a escape Sequence in a Variable.?
How to store escape character in the variable.
Code:
Var=abc,def,ghi,jkl

echo ${Var} | sed -e "s/,/|\\\\./g;s/^/\\\\./g"
\.abc|\.def|\.ghi|\.hjk

Var1=`echo ${Var} | sed -e "s/,/|\\\./g;s/^/\\\./g"`

Actual:
-------
echo $Var1
.abc|.def|.ghi|.jkl


Expected:
---------
echo $Var1
\.abc|\.def|\.ghi|\.hjk

I wanted to get the escape sequence stored in the Var1.

Any help?

Thanks.
Last edited by deepakwins; 07-24-2014 at 12:52 PM.. Reason: Please use [code][/code] tags.
# 2  
Old 07-24-2014
What do you mean by "escape sequence"?

You have shown us the output you don't want, but haven't shown us the output you do want.
# 3  
Old 07-24-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
What do you mean by "escape sequence"?

You have shown us the output you don't want, but haven't shown us the output you do want.
Just edited the my original post!
# 4  
Old 07-24-2014
Code:
$ Var="abc,def,ghi,jkl"
$ echo "\\.${Var//,/\\.}"

\.abc\.def\.ghi\.jkl

$

# 5  
Old 07-24-2014
Thanks Corona!!

It worked by changing from double qoute to single qoute of the sed command.
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