sed delete line with file path

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sed: delete using a different delimiter

I can substitute line in file like this

sed "s|$PATH_WITH_SLASH||" file

but I cannot delete it

sed "|$PATH_WITH_SLASH|d"  file

The problem is that | character cannot be used for deletion. Why?

This question has already been answered at least once before. This should explain things clearly: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1797906/sed-delete-using-a-different-delimiter — Steve, Nov 29 '12 at 07:23

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '12 at 08:45

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If you use other character as address delimiter, you need to use backslash before the first char. So

/address/

or

\|address|

answered Nov 29 '12 at 08:45

alinsoar

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