How to replace a html comments using shell script

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I am trying to uncomment a line in html file using shell script but I am not able to write a sed command for this .

I have a line

<!--<url="/">-->

I need to uncomment this line using shell script

<url="/"/>
sed -i -e "s|'<!--<url="/"/>-->'|<url="/">|g" myFile.html

Any idea how to replace this comment?

Use a different separator for sed for example I often use % instead of ". That way you have no problems escaping quotes — Noel Carcases
– Noel Carcases, Commented Jul 1, 2016 at 14:01

Rohit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-01 14:20:38Z

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Use : sed -re 's/()//g'

e.g: echo '<HTML> <BODY>Test</BODY></HTML>' | sed -re 's/()//g'

answered Jul 1, 2016 at 14:20

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RomanPerekhrest · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-01 14:11:18Z

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You need to escape(add backslash) before / character.
Secondly, both crucial arguments should be separated with /, but not with |.
Use the following line:

sed -i 's/<!--<url="\/">-->/<url="\/">/g' myFile.html

answered Jul 1, 2016 at 14:11

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MichalH · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-01 14:06:57Z

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Like this?

sed -i 's|<!--<url="/">-->|<url="/">|g' myFile.html

It's better to use single quotes because it prevents interpretation of everything including double quotes.

answered Jul 1, 2016 at 14:06

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