Re: [SLUG] sed help please

[Jim Clark <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> ; $CHARS is not being expanded when enclosed within single quotes.
> ; 
> ; try:
> ; sed -e "s?CHARS?$CHARS?g"
> 
> firstly, you don't need the -e. 
good point.

> secondly, there's no need for an
> alternate pattern/replacement seperator, sed is smart enough to
> recognise that when '$' is followed by something, it doesn't denote 
> end of line.
this I know. But if the result of the variable expansion contains 
the pattern/replacement seperator, the script will break (ie., if
$CHARS='foo/bar', "s/CHARS/$CHARS/g" fails).

--
Jim.