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replace a complex string using sed

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Name: may
Date: December 2, 2003 at 07:42:54 Pacific
Subject: replace a complex string using sed
OS: W2K

Comment:

Hello,
I want to replace in a file a string with another string like the example:
file name: Test
String1 = ggggg (exist in the file Test)
String2 = /tcwork/nirgr/fffff

the following doesn't work because of the slash:
sed 's/gggg/ /tcwork/nirgr/fffff /g' Test
Do you have any idea?
Thanks may

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Response Number 1

Name: Nails
Date: December 2, 2003 at 13:32:22 Pacific
Subject: replace a complex string using sed

Reply: (edit)

Hi:
You need to escape the slashes:
sed 's/gggg/ \/tcwork\/nirgr\/fffff /g' Test
Regards,
Nails

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Response Number 2

Name: David Perry
Date: December 4, 2003 at 05:57:19 Pacific
Subject: replace a complex string using sed

Reply: (edit)

Or you can use different delimeter characters for sed.
sed -e 's,gggg,/tcwork/nirgr/fffff,g' Test

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