text substitution

[pula58]

I have a text file with many occurances of the following text:

dev/group

I want to replace the (above) text with the following:


$ dev/group

But, I am having trouble when I use this code:

s/dev/group/$ dev/group

due to use of $ and /

Any tips on how I can do the replacement?

Thanks

P

 

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

I have a text file with many occurances of the following text:

dev/group

I want to replace the (above) text with the following:

$ dev/group

But, I am having trouble when I use this code:

s/dev/group/$ dev/group

due to use of $ and /

Any tips on how I can do the replacement?

s|(dev/group)|\$ $1|g;

 

[Tad McClellan]

I have a text file with many occurances of the following text:

dev/group

I want to replace the (above) text with the following:


$ dev/group

But, I am having trouble when I use this code:

s/dev/group/$ dev/group

due to use of $ and /

Any tips on how I can do the replacement?

Put a backslash in front of the meta characters that you
want to be literal:

s/dev\/group/\$ dev\/group/;

or use single quote as the delimiter:

s'dev/group'$ dev/group';

 

[pula58]

Put a backslash in front of the meta characters that you
want to be literal:

s/dev\/group/\$ dev\/group/;

or use single quote as the delimiter:

s'dev/group'$ dev/group';

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That did the trick, thank you very much (to you both)!

P.