Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:30:59 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: lconrad@Go2France.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with sed and tick marks Message-ID: <87eizqipgc.fsf@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <200812292231.AA754909386@mail.Go2France.com> (Len Conrad's message of "Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:17 %2B0100") References: <200812292231.AA754909386@mail.Go2France.com>
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:31:17 +0100, "Len Conrad" <lconrad@Go2France.com> wrote:
> A string in a file contains
>
> ('name@domain.net'',
>
> ... where and we want to remove the extra tick mark, to have:
>
> ('name@domain.net',
>
> iow, replace
>
> net''
>
> with
>
> net'
>
> We've tried many combinations with sed, but failed.
>
> Suggestions?
Use proper quoting in your shell, i.e.:
sed -e 's/'\'\''/'\''/g' < inputfile > outputfile
or different quote to delimit the sed expression:
sed -e "s/''/'/g"
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