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Re: [Ma-linux] A Tough sed Question!!

Subject: Re: [Ma-linux] A Tough sed Question!!
From: Mark Smith
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:47:43 +1300
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 04:12:19PM -0500, Richard Rognlie wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 01:24:17PM -0500, Alan McConnell wrote:
> > The command sed 's/440/440*4/3/' myscore.sco
> 
> Try
> 
>         sed 's/440/440*4\/3/'

or you can just use a different delimeter if that makes life easier:

        sed 's!440!440*4/3!'
        sed 's,440,440*4/3,'
        sed 's:440:440*4/3:'
        ...

btw, if the lhs had a '*' in it you'd need to escape it w/ a backslash
otherwise it is consumed by the regex engine.

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