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Please do not use this tag. The / character ("forward slash", or just "slash") is a directory separator in URLs and in many operating systems including Linux (Windows uses \ (backslash) but many applications and APIs also accept /). It is also the division operator in many languages, and marks closing tags in XML/HTML. In some languages, / characters delimit regular expressions.

The slash character / (sometimes called forward slash to distinguish it from \ ) has several common meanings in computing:

  • / is the directory separator in file names on Unix-like and POSIX operating systems, including Linux. Many Windows APIs and applications accept / as a directory (folder) separator, although some require a backslash \ instead. / is also the directory separator in URLs.
  • In many programming languages, / is the division operator . When applied to integers, / returns the quotient of the division in many languages.
  • In SGML based languages including and , / marks closing tags, as in <b>bold</b> or <br />.
  • / is a common delimiter for regular expressions searches (in , , , etc.).
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Get value of a string after last slash in JavaScript

I am already trying for over an hour and cant figure out the right way to do it, although it is probably pretty easy: I have something like this : foo/bar/test.html I would like to use jQuery to extract everything after the last /. In the example…
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Difference between forward slash (/) and backslash (\) in file path

I was wondering about the difference between \ and / in file paths. I have noticed that sometimes a path contains /and sometimes it is with \. It would be great if anyone can explain when to use \ and /.
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Is it possible to use "/" in a filename?

I know that this is not something that should ever be done, but is there a way to use the slash character that normally separates directories within a filename in Linux?
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Replace slash in Bash

Let's suppose I have this variable: DATE="04\Jun\2014:15:54:26" Therein I need to replace \ with \/ in order to get the string: "04\/Jun\/2014:15:54:26" I tried tr as follows: echo "04\Jun\2014:15:54:26" | tr '\' '\\/' But this results in:…
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Remove a trailing slash from a string(changed from url type) in JAVA

I want to remove the trailing slash from a string in Java. I want to check if the string ends with a url, and if it does, i want to remove it. Here is what I have: String s = "http://almaden.ibm.com/"; s= s.replaceAll("/",""); and this: String s…
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Change backslash to forward slash in windows batch file

I'm trying to convert all backslashes () to forward slashes (/) in a variable which contains a file name and location. I've read about this and seen: %variable:str1=str2% and set "var=%var:\=/%" which I've attempted, but I'm obviously not getting…
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Python Replace \\ with \

So I can't seem to figure this out... I have a string say, "a\\nb" and I want this to become "a\nb". I've tried all the following and none seem to work; >>> a 'a\\nb' >>> a.replace("\\","\") File "", line 1 a.replace("\\","\") …
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Why is the slash an escapable character in JSON?

json.org states, that forward slashes (aka solidus, /) can be escaped: "\/" However, unescaped slashes are valid, too: "/" What's the rational behind this? Does it come from the Javascript roots? (I.e., "" is a problem in browser-based…
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Adding Firebase data, dots and forward slashes

I try to use firebase db, I found very important restrictions, which are not described in firebase help or FAQ. First problem is that symbol: dot '.' prohibited in keys, i.e. firebase reject (with unknown reason) next: …
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How do you grep for a string containing a slash?

How should I grep for a string containing a forward slash like ./.?
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Add Trailing Slash .htaccess

I'm trying to get the following effect (using this local file http://localhost/[company_name]/[project_name]/.htaccess): http://localhost/[company_name]/[project_name]/page-1 (adds slash) http://localhost/[company_name]/[project_name]/page-1/ (does…
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Forward slash or backslash?

I am looking to write and read text files to and from (respectively) a directory different from that of my program. When I specify a directory to write to or read from, should I be using forward slashes or backslashes to identify a file path?
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Issue In Removing Double Or More Slashes From URL By .htaccess

I am using the following htaccess rul to remove double or more slashes from web urls: #remove double/more slashes in url RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$ RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L] This is working fine for slashes occured in the middle of…
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Odd C# path issue

My C# application writes its full path surrounded by double quotes to a file, with: streamWriter.WriteLine("\"" + Application.ExecutablePath + "\""); Normally it works, the written file contains "D:\Dev\Projects\MyApp\bin\Debug\MyApp.exe" But, if…
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What is the difference between using "new RegExp" and using forward slash notation to create a regular expression?

Is there any difference between using new RegExp("regex"); and /same_regex/ to test against a target string? I am asking this question because I got different validating result while use these two approaches. Here is the snippet I used to validate…
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