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I would like to replace $fileWithPath in $file, however this doesn't work because (I think) path is not escaped. How to escape it?

sed -i 's/${fileWithPath}/HAHA/g' $file

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answered 2 Years ago chilgirlguid · Accepted Answer

sed -i 's|'$fileWithPath'|HAHA|g' file

Single quotes define a string literal. Putting the variable outside the literal allows the shell to expand that part.

Also: if you are going to parse paths, use a delimiter in the sed command that doesn't confuse with the directory delimiter "/".