On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Bill Glidden wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Backward Thinker
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:49 AM
> > To: slug@nks.net
> > Cc: slug@nks.net
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] sh sed problem
> >
> >
> > >> here's my test.sh:
> > >>
> > >> #!/bin/sh
> > >> BLAH= echo "$1" | sed 's/.*\\//'
> > >> echo $BLAH
> > >> BLAH= ` echo "$1" | sed 's/.*\\//' `
> > >> echo $BLAH
> > >>
> > >> if I call ./test.sh 'blah\blah' I see:
> > >> blah
> > >>
> > >> sed: -e expression #1, char 7: Unterminated `s' command
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> In neither case is BLAH getting set to anything useful. The first
> > >> case is because the output is going to stdout, but in the second
> > >> case, I thought BLAH would get set? It's the same sed comand, but
> > >> with this usage I get an error? Help?
> >
> > > You need to put the expression in backticks.
> > > BLAH=`echo something`
> >
> > The second one was in backticks, but I get unterminated `s' command.
> Change to :
>
> BLAH=`echo "$1" | sed 's/.*\\\//'`
>
> My linux box is down, but that works on Solaris.
Also, include a g option in the sed command, as there might be more than
one backslash.
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