Thanks for the value inputs, I ended up using it this way: sed "s#`echo <variable_has_the string>`#new_value#g" old_file >new_file Thanks Sriman Kumaran <sriman_kumaran@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Dear Managers, I am using sed to update password file. When work with encrypted passwords you will find special chars such as /. If I do it manually I can escape it with \, but in side script and using variables how could I escape it?. For example: sed "s/old-password/new-password/g" old_file >new_file. If either old_password or new_password has special charactor (/) then it will fail I have to replace old_passowrd and new_password with real values (escapeing the /) and run the script. Thanks Sriman --------------------------------- To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Tue Jan 10 06:40:46 2006
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