Cut in sed issue, unknown option to s

Asked Oct 23 '17 at 13:05

Active Oct 23 '17 at 14:04

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echo $HOME $var
/home/user abc

My variables.

echo $HOME$var | sed "s/$(echo $HOME$var | cut -c 3)/ello/g"
/hellome/userabc

This works as expected.

echo $HOME$var | sed "s/$(echo $HOME$var | cut -c 3-)/ello/g"
sed: -e expression #1, char 16: unknown option to `s'

Adding the range "3 to the end" produces failure. The subexpression has no problem when isolated.

edited Oct 23 '17 at 14:04

Jeff Schaller

asked Oct 23 '17 at 13:05

Lumify

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What are you trying to do? – Valentin Bajrami Oct 23 '17 at 13:07
Replace text so it says "hello". – Lumify Oct 23 '17 at 13:10
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change delimiter from `/` to any character that doesn't occur in your input.. for ex: `#` or `,` or `|` etc – Sundeep Oct 23 '17 at 13:17

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