On 4/19/06, wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Hans, > > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:57:54 +0200 Hans Müller <ndof@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I have this sting: "/Linux/update" and I must substitute it to > > "\/Linux\/update" I tryed echo "/Linux/update"|sed "s/\//\\\//g" but it > > fails. have someone any ideas?? > > You're not escaping enough.. Use: `echo "/Linux/update"|sed "s/\//\\\\\//g"` > or even `echo "/Linux/update"|sed "s_/_\\\\/_g"`. You don't need to escape anything, just use a different limiter: $ echo "/Linux/update" | sed 's:/:V:g' -- Chris "I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford. I trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot."