On 14/11/14 17:20, cyg Simple 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?
I don't have a Windows PC to hand ATM, but the following works in Fedora
bash:
#!/usr/bin/bash
TEST=$(echo "c:\windows" | sed -e "s;\\\\;\\\\\\\\;g")
echo ${TEST}
Dave.
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