Sed - Find and Replace “..” with “....” - AKA Down 2 Levels

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I'm trying to replace .. with .....



(I moved a folder and need to manipulate file paths in an xml.)



I finally got my command to go without errors, but didn't get the result I wanted, can anybody tell me whats wrong?



Here is what I tried sed -i -e 's|..\|..\..\|g' file.xml






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    . is a match any char, needs to be escaped.
    – danblack
    Dec 4 at 2:20










  • Don't use -i until after you are sure you are going to get the correct result.
    – NickD
    Dec 4 at 2:37










  • I more of an Try and Fail and restore backup and try again kinda guy :P @NickD
    – FreeSoftwareServers
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I'm trying to replace .. with .....



(I moved a folder and need to manipulate file paths in an xml.)



I finally got my command to go without errors, but didn't get the result I wanted, can anybody tell me whats wrong?



Here is what I tried sed -i -e 's|..\|..\..\|g' file.xml






sed







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  • 1




    . is a match any char, needs to be escaped.
    – danblack
    Dec 4 at 2:20










  • Don't use -i until after you are sure you are going to get the correct result.
    – NickD
    Dec 4 at 2:37










  • I more of an Try and Fail and restore backup and try again kinda guy :P @NickD
    – FreeSoftwareServers
    Dec 4 at 2:54












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I'm trying to replace .. with .....



(I moved a folder and need to manipulate file paths in an xml.)



I finally got my command to go without errors, but didn't get the result I wanted, can anybody tell me whats wrong?



Here is what I tried sed -i -e 's|..\|..\..\|g' file.xml






sed







share|improve this question













I'm trying to replace .. with .....



(I moved a folder and need to manipulate file paths in an xml.)



I finally got my command to go without errors, but didn't get the result I wanted, can anybody tell me whats wrong?



Here is what I tried sed -i -e 's|..\|..\..\|g' file.xml






sed




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    . is a match any char, needs to be escaped.
    – danblack
    Dec 4 at 2:20










  • Don't use -i until after you are sure you are going to get the correct result.
    – NickD
    Dec 4 at 2:37










  • I more of an Try and Fail and restore backup and try again kinda guy :P @NickD
    – FreeSoftwareServers
    Dec 4 at 2:54












  • 1




    . is a match any char, needs to be escaped.
    – danblack
    Dec 4 at 2:20










  • Don't use -i until after you are sure you are going to get the correct result.
    – NickD
    Dec 4 at 2:37










  • I more of an Try and Fail and restore backup and try again kinda guy :P @NickD
    – FreeSoftwareServers
    Dec 4 at 2:54







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. is a match any char, needs to be escaped.
– danblack
Dec 4 at 2:20




. is a match any char, needs to be escaped.
– danblack
Dec 4 at 2:20












Don't use -i until after you are sure you are going to get the correct result.
– NickD
Dec 4 at 2:37




Don't use -i until after you are sure you are going to get the correct result.
– NickD
Dec 4 at 2:37












I more of an Try and Fail and restore backup and try again kinda guy :P @NickD
– FreeSoftwareServers
Dec 4 at 2:54




I more of an Try and Fail and restore backup and try again kinda guy :P @NickD
– FreeSoftwareServers
Dec 4 at 2:54










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    Using sed to replace special characters



    I didn't realize I had to escape .






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      sed -i -e 's|..\|..\..\|g'


      Using sed to replace special characters



      I didn't realize I had to escape .






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