Re: No escape from the dollar sign in SED

"Jim Hill [email protected] [sed-users]" <[email protected]> Wed, 4 Apr 2018 21:46:14 -0700

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You seem to be using just about every conceivable variation on
quoting, and I don't see the point. I get confused trying to read your
code too.  Simplify.

    ~ $ usb=/mnt/stick
    ~ $ sed "s,\$path,$usb,g" <<\EOD
    > echo and here it is:
    > ftpdir=$path
    > echo more stuff
    > EOD
    echo and here it is:
    ftpdir=/mnt/stick
    more stuff
    ~ $