Sed not replacing variabes with backslashes

Asked Aug 11 '23 at 17:35

Active Aug 11 '23 at 17:42

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So, I am trying to change directories using sed, but I can't seem to get the find and replace to work.

I am inputting

d="D:\X-docs\X\"
echo $d
p=$(pwd)
f=${p}"/"

and I am getting the correct output of

D:\X-docs\X\

but when I use

sed -i "s|${d}|${f}|g" $file

$d is not getting replaced with $f, but no error is being displayed indicating there was an incomplete sed command.

The line it should be replacing in the file is

%chk=D:\X-docs\X\abc_1.gjf

I have also tried setting $d to:

d="D:\X-docs\X\\"
d=D:\\X-docs\\X\\

edited Aug 11 '23 at 17:42

asked Aug 11 '23 at 17:35

Pyrodancer123

Does this answer your question? [Replace a string containing arbitrary special characters](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76482915/replace-a-string-containing-arbitrary-special-characters) – jhnc Aug 11 '23 at 18:58
@jhnc I have over 1,000 files and multiple replacements in each. Do you know if that will do it iteratively? Also, what do they mean by "file does not contain nulls"? I am currently running this in a forloop. – Pyrodancer123 Aug 11 '23 at 19:03
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_character – jhnc Aug 11 '23 at 19:06
@jhnc If what I am understanding is correct, then the files might contain nulls. – Pyrodancer123 Aug 11 '23 at 19:09
btw. your "I am inputting" code is not your actual code – jhnc Aug 11 '23 at 19:11
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`d='D:\\X-docs\\X\\'` – jhnc Aug 11 '23 at 19:12
Add `d=${d//\\/\\\\}` just before `sed` call – Arnaud Valmary Aug 11 '23 at 21:13
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/407523/escape-a-string-for-a-sed-replace-pattern – KamilCuk Aug 11 '23 at 21:13

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