Replace Windows filepath in text file by using a Linux sed regular expression

To replace Windows file paths with Linux paths in a text file using sed, you can use a regular expression to match the Windows path pattern and replace it with the Linux path. Here's how you can do it:

Assuming you have a text file named input.txt with Windows paths, and you want to replace them with Linux paths, you can use the following sed command:

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sed -i 's#C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\file#/linux/path/to/file#g' input.txt

In the above command:

• -i flag is used to edit the file in-place.
• s indicates that you're performing a substitution.
• # is used as the delimiter for the s command to avoid conflicts with the Windows path separators.
• C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\file is the Windows path pattern you want to match. The double backslashes are required to escape the backslashes in the regular expression.
• /linux/path/to/file is the Linux path you want to replace the Windows path with.

Adjust the pattern and replacement as needed for your specific use case. Make sure to use the appropriate escape characters for special characters in both the pattern and replacement strings.