On 11/14/14, 9:20 AM, "cyg Simple" <cygsim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>$ TEST=`echo 'c:\windows' | sed -e s.\\.\\\\.g` >$ echo $TEST >c:\\windows > ><file name=sed.sh> >TEST=`echo 'c:\windows' | sed -e s.\\\.\\\\\.g' >echo $TEST ></file> > >$ bash -x sed.sh >++ echo 'c:\windows' >++ sed -e 's.\.\g' >sed -e expression #1, char 7: unterminated 's' command >+ TEST= >+ echo > >CYGWIN_NT-6.1 HOSTNAME 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:06 x86_64 Cygwin > >Does anyone have a suggestion on turning c:\windows into c:\\windows? > >Thanks, >-- >cyg Simple > The combination of shell globbing and sed metacharacters, with appropriate escaping, is rather difficult, and nearly impossible to read. I would suggest using the 'sed -f file' so you can completely eliminate any shell processing. The file should contain the string 's/\\/\\\\/', without the quotes ;) Of course, if you want your script to be in a single file, this won't work, so one of the other responders answers may be more suitable. FYI, I would suggest not using the dot as a pattern separator, it could be confusing to novice readers, and also removes it as a pattern match character. Bob -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
