Escape character in Sed

[Belaran]

This is my script :

sed s/bob/"$VAR"/g

The trouble is VAR may contains a "/", and when there is one, it's interpreted by the BASH shell (and others) .

How can i fix this ?

 

[rhg]

The character you specify after the sed s command is the separator character. Using the / is not mandantory. If you prefer the pipe character | as separator you can simply write s|bob|"$VAR"|g.

 

[anarchie]

Generally, put a \ in front of it.