/ in a script variable

Question

I'd like to replace Music by Music/Oliver

The command:

find ./ -type f -exec sed -i 's/Music/MusicOliver/gI' {} \;

How do I insert the / without interrupting the command? I've tried with "string" and 'string' but it didn't work.

Thanks for your hints!

This is a partial duplicate of "Escaping forward slashes in sed command", "sed with arbitrary variables that might contain slashes", "Escape a string for a sed replace pattern", and many others. — Gordon Davisson
– Gordon Davisson, Commented Oct 13, 2022 at 0:11

Diego Torres Milano · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-12 23:03:52Z

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You can use a different delimiter for sed command like

find ./ -type f -exec sed -i 's|Music|Music/Oliver|gI' {} \;

answered Oct 12, 2022 at 23:03

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