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# 8  
Old 09-19-2015
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Originally Posted by arup1980
Hi

I am unable to flip the slash in korn shell.

Working fine if I run directly in ksh but not throgh .ksh file.

below is sample.

Want result as A/B/C


Code:
Ab=A\B\C
B=`echo "$Ab" | sed 's/\\/\//g'`
echo $B

Gives error message as :

"sed: newline or end of file found in pattern"

Thanks in Advance for your help
Code:
Ab='A\B\C'
B=${Ab//\\//}
echo $B

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# 9  
Old 09-19-2015
Note: ${var//from/to} is supported in ksh93, but not in ksh88.
# 10  
Old 09-20-2015
Thanks All ..

Its working for me now with concept that "backtick" need an extra escape character.
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