Hi Could someone help to explain the meaning of the following syntax? I know it is regex but I could not understand s#
sed -r "s#\{\"result\":\{\"status\":\"S\"\}\}##g" $data_get > $data
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Kusalananda
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Don't let the `s#` confuse you. It's the same as `s/`. They're just using a different delimiter than normal, i.e. `#` rather than `/`. – steve Jan 05 '20 at 11:57
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In addition to the explanation about `#` from Steve and in the duplicates, if you're working with JSON data, it may be more reliable edited with `jq` than with `sed`. You may want to ask a separate question about that. Also, most of the backslashes are not needed in that expression. – Kusalananda Jan 05 '20 at 12:26
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Indeed. I believe the line could be reduced to simply `sed 's/{"result":{"status":"S"}}//g' $data_get > $data` and achieve the same behaviour. – steve Jan 05 '20 at 12:35