need refresh in regexp

[Holger Knoppik]

Hello Gurus,

I need a refresh in regular expression stuff. I want to replace the pattern "/usr/local" with "/opt/openssh2" in an INFO file for installing the package into the desired path.

I know that I have to quote the slash, but don't know how to ...

Any help appreciated.
RGDS, Holger

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

This could work too..
# sed 's/\/usr\/local/\/opt\/openssh2/g' INFO > INFO.new

[Andreas Voss]

Hi,

with sed ie:

sed -e 's@/usr/local@/opt/openssh2@g' .....

Regards

[John Palmer]

Hi,

You could use ex to do this to the file in situ, just use ; instead of / as a string delimeter, something like...

ex
%s;/usr/local;/opt/openssh2;g
wq

This will work in vi as well.

Regards,
John

[harry d brown jr]

http://sitescooper.org/tao_regexps.html

echo "/usr/local" | sed "s_/usr/local_/opt/openssh2_"

live free or die
harry