Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!virtech!cpcahil
From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Sed to make global replacements.
Message-ID: <1989Dec2.133404.22165@virtech.uucp>
Date: 2 Dec 89 13:34:04 GMT
References: <37090@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
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In article <37090@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, gahooten@orion.arc.nasa.gov (Gregory A. Hooten) writes:
> I would like to change the characters \(12 to 1/2, but every thing I try
> thinks the \( is the start of a character group.  I would like any help 
> possible on this problem.  

How about:	sed -e 's;\\(12;1/2;'

Works for me.


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