Complex Search and Replace

[Glo Worm]

Hello,

How can I take a file such as

abc'abc
abc\'abc
abc\\\'abc

and use a Perl script to make it look like

abc\'abc
abc\'abc
abc\'abc


?

In any case I'd like for the first and second field to be delimited with
\'

Thank you.

 

[Jürgen Exner]

Hello,

How can I take a file such as

abc'abc
abc\'abc
abc\\\'abc

and use a Perl script to make it look like

abc\'abc
abc\'abc
abc\'abc

In any case I'd like for the first and second field to be delimited
with \'

You don't give much details about what 'abc' can be nor about what the
erronious possible delimeters can be in the original file (just listing
three examples is a bit meager).

What about a plain
s/\\*/\\/
This does the job at least for your examples.

jue