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Asked: 2026-06-15T17:30:25+00:00

I need to replace first substr that matches $d1 to $d2 value. I wrote

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I need to replace first substr that matches $d1 to $d2 value. I wrote this code:

i=${i/${d1}/${d2}}

It works well but fails if $d1 or $d2 contains space symbol. How could I fix it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use double quotes:

    $ i="abc def ghi"
$ d1="c d"
$ d2="C  D"
$ i="${i/${d1}/${d2}}"
$ echo "$i"
abC  Def ghi
$
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