Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:19:53 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: adrian kok <adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sed to remove pattern ',' Message-ID: <20030410191953.GB11398@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030410163001.63667.qmail@web21201.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030410163001.63667.qmail@web21201.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2003-04-11 00:30, adrian kok <adriankok2000@yahoo.com.hk> wrote: > hi all > > I have problem to replace the pattern ',' to | > can you give me hint? Use double quotes. > data: 'peter','30 Woodroad, CA','USA' > 'coral','110 Foreest','UK' > > to > 'peter|30 Woodroad, CA|USA' > 'coral|110 Foreest|UK' > > and I used the following but failed > > sed -e 's/\','/\|/g Quoting is something that depends on the shell you're writing this for. Since you didn't mention any shells here, I can't say if this is correct or wrong and in what ways it could be wrong. Try this in sh(1): sed -e "s/','/|/g" lala - Giorgos
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