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# 1  
Old 06-27-2012
Using sed to replace / in text file
Hi,

I want to use sed to replace " /// " with "///" in a text file. However I am getting error messages when I use
PHP Code:
sed 's/ /// /////g' input.txt > output.txt 
. How do I go about doing this in sed?

Input:
Code:
219518_s_at 0.000189 ELL3 / SERINC4

Output:
Code:
219518_s_at 0.000189 ELL3/SERINC4

# 2  
Old 06-27-2012
Code:
sed 's/ \/ /\//g' infile >outfile

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Old 06-27-2012
Sorry about the confusion, the smaple input should have been:

Code:
219518_s_at 0.000189 ELL3 /// SERINC4

and the sample output:

Code:
219518_s_at 0.000189 ELL3/SERINC4

Thanks!
# 4  
Old 06-28-2012
You can use a ':' in place of a '/' to avoid confusions.

Code:
 
sed 's: ///:///:g' input.txt > output.txt

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Old 06-28-2012
Code:
$ sed 's, /// ,/,g' infile

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# 6  
Old 06-28-2012
Code:
sed 's| *//* *|/|g'

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