I am trying to use sed to replace a path in a file.
sudo sed 's/a/b/g' -i /tmp/test
However the variable is
a = /var/lib and
b = /data/lib
How do I escape the slash?
I am trying to use sed to replace a path in a file. sudo
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I am trying to use sed to replace a path in a file.
sudo sed 's/a/b/g' -i /tmp/test
However the variable is
a = /var/lib and
b = /data/lib
How do I escape the slash?
The character just after the
scommand doesn’t need to be a/. When working with paths, I use:, as in: