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Hi new to Java and as such have a question,
I would like to use an escape character / in a string
so the following line of code
System.out.println("tail -f /dat/mydata/gps/ticks | egrep \ L\ \|\ VW\");
outputs
tail -f /dat/mydata/gps/ticks | egrep \ L\ \|\ VW\
Could someone help me out please. Your help will be much appreciated.
Many thanks
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using an escape character in a string
Posted 03 June 2010 - 06:35 AM
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Re: using an escape character in a string
Posted 03 June 2010 - 06:37 AM
Edit: nvm, messed up 
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Re: using an escape character in a string
Posted 03 June 2010 - 06:43 AM
Umm, can't you simply print '/' in Java? You should be able to. '\' on the other side, must be followed by another '\', in order to get printed. Like:
prints:
Hello \
System.out.println("Hello \\");
prints:
Hello \
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Posted 03 June 2010 - 06:43 AM
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Re: using an escape character in a string
Posted 03 June 2010 - 07:42 AM
I'm not 100% what you're getting at with that command, but the following would be clearer
System.out.println("tail -f /dat/mydata/gps/ticks | egrep 'L|VW'");
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