Sonal Kumari scripsit: > Is there any way in which we write the command using such a delimiter > which works irrespective of the special symbols present in the > replacement string.
In the nature of things, there can't be. If either the pattern or the replacement string contains a given character, then it can't be used to delimit it. If you are inserting the replacement string from a shell variable, and it might contain any characters whatsoever, then you must preprocess the contents of the variable to insert a backslash before whatever character you choose as a delimiter. In any case, you will get a surprise if the replacement string contains a & if you don't change it to \& first. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan co...@ccil.org Lope de Vega: "It wonders me I can speak at all. Some caitiff rogue did rudely yerk me on the knob, wherefrom my wits yet wander." An Englishman: "Ay, belike a filchman to the nab'll leave you crank for a spell." --Harry Turtledove, Ruled Britannia _______________________________________________ bug-ed mailing list bug-ed@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ed
