How to work with “/” using sed in shell script

Question

I am trying to replace a line in my .xml file using a shell script (working on MAC OSX). Problem is: I want to change a tag <source-path>/Users/myouser</source-path> to <source-path>/Users/otherUser</source-path> I am having two problems:

1) How can I handle with "/" using sed? 2) Can I use regular expression?

Thanks

Answer 1

The simplest answers is to use a different delimiter in your expression, eg:

sed -e 's|/Users/myouser|/Users/otherUser|' file.xml

As to whether you can use regular expressions -- you're using sed , so yes.

Standard disclaimer that modifying XML with sed is a fragile and error-prone approach.