sed command returns error

Question

I was trying to execute this command:

sudo sed -i 's/^\$projectroot.*/\$projectroot = \\"\\/home\\/repo\\";/' /etc/gitweb.conf

It returned an error:

sed: -e expression #1, char 42: unknown option to `s'

I don't understand why s is used in sed command. Please help

Possible duplicate of [Use slashes in sed replace](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5864146/use-slashes-in-sed-replace) — tripleee, Oct 07 '16 at 08:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '16 at 08:09

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Your command should be:

sed -i 's/^\$projectroot.*/\$projectroot = \"\/home\/repo\";/'

Sample:

$ cat File

aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
$projectroot
dddddddddd

$ sed 's/^\$projectroot.*/\$projectroot = \"\/home\/repo\";/' File

aaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbb
$projectroot = "/home/repo";
dddddddddd

answered Oct 07 '16 at 08:09

Arjun Mathew Dan

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What about `/etc/gitweb.conf`? – Ajay Kulkarni Oct 07 '16 at 08:53
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This is a sample.. U can Give '/etc/gitweb.conf' instead of 'File'. See the sample output given – Arjun Mathew Dan Oct 07 '16 at 08:58

sed command returns error

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