In using sed there should only be 4 backslashes not 6 if using double
quotes.
e.g. to strip backslashes use one of
echo 'hi\\3\4\'  |  sed -e "s:\\\\::"
echo 'hi\\3\4\'  |  sed -e 's:\\::'

John Gatrell, B.A. Physics (Oxford), CCNA
RMSC - IBM UK's Remote Managed Services Centre
Tel:  01932-81-4732


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