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Old 02-16-2007
Escape character

Hi ,
I want to change space to ' in my script.
I tried doing this,

sed 's/ /\'/g' filename

but i could not get it.
can some one help me please.
Thanks,
Deepak
# 2  
Old 02-16-2007
try the double quote
Code:
sed -e "s/ /\'/g" file

# 3  
Old 02-16-2007
sed "s/ /'/g" filename works for me.
# 4  
Old 02-16-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by andryk
try the double quote
Code:
sed -e "s/ /\'/g" file

Thanks Andryk.
It worked Smilie
# 5  
Old 02-16-2007
Thanks Vish.
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