diffing special chars

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Author: der.hans
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Subject: diffing special chars
Am 24. Aug, 2000 schwäzte Robert Ambrose so:

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> FWIW, I'd put the sed expression into single quotes:
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> $ echo "fred\ wuz\ hier." | sed 's/\\ / /g'


DOOOOHHHH!!!! Massive hemhoraging brainfart!!!!

Thanks for the illumination :)

ciao,

der.hans
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