On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:31:07 -0400
Ralph Crongeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I need to do a pattern match with sed of "(" and ")". I need to replace
> every ( with "(" and every ) with ")" on every line.
>
> Can someone help me with this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ralph
>
sed 's/[()]/"&"/g'
Here is the test I used:
$ echo "This (is) a (test) of (())" | sed 's/[()]/"&"/g'
This "("is")" a "("test")" of "(""("")"")"
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