Re: sed question.

[Ralph Crongeyer]

Carlos Hanson wrote: On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 10:31:07 -0400 Ralph Crongeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I need to do a pattern match with sed of "(" and ")". I need to replace every ( with "(" and every ) with ")" on every line. Can someone help me with this? Thanks Ralph sed 's/[()]/"&"/g' Here is the test I used: $ echo "This (is) a (test) of (())" | sed 's/[()]/"&"/g' This "("is")" a "("test")" of "(""("")"")" Carlos, Thanks! By the way, what does the & mean? Ralph