- 1 year ago
Sed on windows cannot match £ character
On Windows, the sed
command provided by the default command prompt or PowerShell may have difficulty matching or handling special characters like the £
symbol. This is because the default Windows shell typically uses the Code Page 437 character set, which does not include the £
symbol.
To work with special characters, including the £
symbol, in sed
on Windows, you can use alternative versions of sed
that are compatible with Unicode characters. Here are a few options:
GNU sed for Windows: Install GNU sed for Windows, which provides a version of
sed
that supports Unicode characters. You can download it from the GnuWin32 project website (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/sed.htm).Cygwin: Install Cygwin, which is a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools for Windows. Cygwin includes a version of
sed
that supports Unicode characters. You can download it from the Cygwin website (https://www.cygwin.com/).WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux): If you have the Windows Subsystem for Linux installed, you can use the
sed
command within the Linux environment. WSL provides a more complete set of GNU tools, includingsed
, with Unicode support.
Once you have one of these alternatives installed, you can use their version of sed
to match and handle the £
symbol or other Unicode characters as needed.
Note that if you are using sed
within a script or a batch file, you may need to adjust the command syntax or escape characters appropriately depending on the alternative version of sed
you are using.
Alternatively, if you prefer to work with special characters in Windows PowerShell, you can use the -replace
operator or the .Replace()
method for string manipulation. These methods handle Unicode characters without relying on sed
.