Changing a forward slash to another character in bash

Submitted by Jochus on Thu, 25/10/2012 - 21:29 | Posted in: Linux
Linux

Quickly wanting to change some character (example: a forward slash) to another character (exampe: a dash)? Use Sed!

$ new_var=$(echo $orig_var | sed -e 's/\//-/g')

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