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Old 07-05-2011
Replace exactly a string for another using sed
Hi everyone!
I'm trying to replace a string with another string using sed. Problem is, using

sed 's/.00/./'

it even replaces 00. with .

I need to only replace exactly .00 with .

My filenames look like XXXXX00.00XXXX.XXXX
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Old 07-05-2011
. is a special character in sed. Escape it with \
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Old 07-05-2011
So the proper syntax would then be:

's/\.\00/\.\/'


?
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Old 07-05-2011
No, the proper syntax would be to escape the ., just the .
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Old 07-05-2011
Code:
 
sed 's/\.00/./' yourfile

 
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