Using gsub to replace a double quote with two double quotes?

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Using gsub to replace a double quote with two double quotes?

I'm trying to write a script in awk that (by the way) replaces all instances of double quotes with two double quotes in a row. But for some reason I can't seem to escape the double quotes.

So for example:

Mary had a "little" lamb

will become

Mary had a ""little"" lamb

Thanks, kindly!

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Waffles Dec 13. 12 at 22:59

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Thor · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-13T23:02:21+0000

You can do it like this:

echo 'Mary had a "little" lamb' | awk '{ gsub(/"/, "&&") } 1'

Output:

Mary had a ""little"" lamb

1

calls awk default block at the end { print $0 }

.

It's even shorter with sed:

echo 'Mary had a "little" lamb' | sed 's/"/&&/g'

Using gsub to replace a double quote with two double quotes?

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