gsub escape character problem 1

[paulobrads]

I want to substitute all instances of " symbol in a string with /" symbol, literally.

gsub(/\"/,"\\\"", $i);

Gives me \\" for each " but I can't find a way of just \"

Any ideas?
Cheers.

 

[feherke]

Hi

I want to substitute all instances of " symbol in a string with /" symbol, literally.

Like this ?

[blue]master #[/blue] echo '1"+2"=3"' | awk '{gsub(/"/,"/\"");print}'
1/"+2/"=3/"

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[paulobrads]

Afraid not, that slash is the wrong way round, I want to actually insert an escape character - \

 

[feherke]

Hi

Then this ?

[blue]master #[/blue] echo '1"+2"=3"' | awk '{gsub(/"/,"\\\"");print}'
1\"+2\"=3\"

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[paulobrads]

That's the beast.

Cheers.