trying to script a command line

[Charles Jones]

Craig White wrote:
> OK - truly simplifying my issue to a point where someone should be able
> to explain this to me...
>
> # my starting file
> $ cat test-db.txt
> A 1
> B 2
> C 3
>
> # this is what I want
> $ cat test-db.txt | cat test-db.txt | sed 's/ /\\ /g' | sed ':a;N;$!
> ba;s/\n/ /g'
> A\ 1 B\ 2 C\ 3
>
> # but if I aggregate the command inside backticks, I lose the 
> # escaped spaces part of the sed command...
>   
What about adding an additional backslash, ie sed 's/ /\\\ /g'