Re: sed with Variable Substitution in the command

[alex xmb sw ratchev]

hmm .. weird .. dunno much too ..
greets ..

On Thursday, September 19, 2024, Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 16:36:28 +0200, alex xmb sw ratchev wrote:
> > the out perl code , would it translare & s to search-in ? or is it flat
> > string ? i guess \Q is for this .. dunno ..
>
>     hobbit:~$ in=foo out='bar & grill' perl -p -e
> 's/\Q$ENV{"in"}/$ENV{"out"}/g' <<< football
>     bar & grilltball
>
> I don't pretend to be a perl guru, but it works in every combination I
> tested.  Even without the \Q.
>
>     hobbit:~$ in=foo out='bar & grill' perl -p -e 's/$ENV{"in"}/&/g' <<<
> football
>     &tball
>
>