zw wrote:
> Hi Gurus
>
> I'm new to sed.
> How does one replace / with // for a string for example
> //filer/test/test2/test3/test4 to become ////filer//test/t/test2//
> test3//test4 ?

Use another delimiter than the usual / in your sed call, e.g. a comma...

sed 's,/,//,g'


Janis

> I have tried a variety like
> TEMP_VAR=`/usr/bin/sed -e 's/\//K/g' //filer/test/test2/test3/test4 `
> and I still can't get it right.
> I'm not sure how to escape /.
>
> Any is appreciated.