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String replacement in a string var in bash.
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bash_string_var_replacement.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Shows how to do replacment in a string variable in bash.
SRC_STRING=/Applications/something
REPLACED_STRING=${SRC_STRING//\//\\/}
echo "Source String is: $SRC_STRING"
echo "Replaced String is: $REPLACED_STRING"
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