Linux replace a "//" string to "/"

Question

I need to replace a string "//" to the string "/". For example:

/video//5//record

I need it to be:

/video/5/record

I want to use sed:

sed -i -e 's//////g' inputfile

But I think I have some problem deal with the escape char. Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!

Ed Morton · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-24 03:38:58Z

3

sed can use other delimiters ( any punctuation character ) Try:

     sed -i -e 's://:/:g' infile

Ed Morton

209k18 gold badges90 silver badges212 bronze badges

answered Feb 24, 2016 at 2:10

Arif Burhan

5054 silver badges12 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Can't imagine why this got downvoted - have an upvote for the right answer!

Benjamin W. · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-29 00:35:24Z

2

You can also try the below by escaping.

$ echo "/video//5//record" | sed -e 's/\/\//\//g'
/video/5/record

Benjamin W.

54k19 gold badges135 silver badges136 bronze badges

answered Feb 25, 2016 at 16:54

Srinivas Balaji

214 bronze badges