Oracle-L: Re: OT: unix script quetion: to replace $ with \$

From: <Brian_P_MacLean_at_eFunds.Com>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 11:59:40 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005426ED.20030203115940@fatcity.com>

Your first "echo" needs to be in single quotes or else it results in...

29912:oracle_at_mybox> echo "123$45$678"
123578

Once that is done this...

29912:oracle_at_mybox> echo '123$45$678' | sed 's/\$/\\$/g' 123\$45\$678

...or this...

29912:oracle_at_mybox> echo '123$45$678' | sed 's/\$/\\\$/g' 123\$45\$678

...will work

                                                                                                                                    
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Hi:

I have a quick question about replacing "$" with "\$" on unix. I need to convert string "123$45$678" to "123\$45\$678" through a pipe. I tried with sed command, but could not get it to work:

essex$ echo "123$45$678" | sed s/"$"/"\$"/g 123578$
essex$ echo "123$45$678" | sed s/"$"/"\\$"/g 123578$

Maybe there is another syntax that I should use? TIA.

Guang Mei

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