Re: grep "\" ... how

[Michael Stenner <mstenner@phy.duke.edu>]

>--- rp941372@rrpac.upr.clu.edu wrote:
>> > I need to write a script to replace '\'s with '/',
>> > but how can I get grep to accept '\' as a regular 
>> > expression (it assumes it to be line continue 
>> > character, at least from the sh prompt)?

-- stuff about tr and sed --

>> 
>> If backslashes will only appear in file paths, you
>> are set.  If they
>> appear in some other contents where they need to be
>> kept, then look at a
>> more sophisticated tool like sed.
>> 
>This it true... the '\' also appears in printf's
>IE: fprintf("\t hello \n");

At this point, it might be worth your time to learn a little perl.  I
know that sed and awk are rather powerful, too, but if you're porting a
program, you must be reasonably proficient at programming.

you will find a little time learning perl's regular expressions rather
useful later on, too.

					-Michael

I (and many others) can give you a little help with a perl script (less
than 10 lines) that would correctly modify 99% of your backslashes.

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