Linux - replace a string

Question

I need to replace a string / line for each instance of that string / line. In the following line:

set output "/DS/tmp/2.gnuplot.ps"

I need it to be:

set output "./gnuplot.ps"

I want to use:

grep -rl 'stringONE' ./ | xargs sed -i 's/stringONE/stringTWO/g'

but when I try to use it, it has a conflict with the / in the string...

grep -rl '/DS/tmp/2.gnuplot.ps' ./ | xargs sed -i 's//DS/tmp/2.gnuplot.ps/./gnuplot.ps/g'

Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!

piokuc · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-29 11:02:32Z

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If the string to be replaced contains slash (/) then you can delimit arguments of sed's s command with something else, in this case I used comma:

grep -rl '/DS/tmp/2.gnuplot.ps' ./|xargs sed -i 's,/DS/tmp/2.gnuplot.ps,./gnuplot.ps,g'

answered Jul 29, 2013 at 10:55

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