On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 09:18 -0600, Jack Stone wrote: > I have some HTML files with hundreds of URLs that I need to modify using a > search/replace string. I assume that SED(1) is the right tool to use, but > every syntax I've tried has not worked. > > Here is what I'm trying to do: > Change full URLs to relative paths, in other words, chop off the > "http://www.example.com/"; portion: > > >From this: > <li><a href="http://www.example.com/model/many.html";> > To this: > <li><a href="model/many.html"> > > I think it is the slashes and quotes that are giving me fits as I'm very > much a novice on SED(1) syntax. > > Would appreciate any tips on how to do the above so I can search and replace > all of the hundreds of URLs. > > Many thanks and Happy New Year! > > Regards, > Jack > > _________________________________________________________________ > Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
sed will allow other characters than '/' as its delimiter, which makes it much easier to get escape sequences right, or avoid them altogether. sed -e 's=/http=/https=g' is an example _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
