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RE: unix script quetion: to replace $ with \$

From: Stephen Lee <Stephen.Lee_at_DTAG.Com>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:24:01 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005425DA.20030203112401@fatcity.com>

echo '123$456$789' | sed 's/\$/\\\$/g'
123\$456\$789

Why? The "$" means "end of line" to sed; so you have to quote it too.

> -----Original Message-----
> Maybe there is another syntax that I should use? TIA.
>
 

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