Replace / char in file path with \\

Question

Hi,

I am trying to convert the result of %c:p so that the path looks like C:\\somedir\\somedir2\test.txt.

This is what I was trying

:echo expand("%c:p:gs/\//H/")

Answer 1

Hello,

1. Use single quotes.
2. / can't be escaped, but can be replaced with a different character.
3. Not sure why, but there needs to be 4 slashes in the replacement or it doesn't work.

:echo expand('%c:p:gs!/!\\\\!')

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UPDATE. Double escaping of backslashes won't be needed in versions that follow v0.12 (commit that fixes it).

Comments

thanks! that worked perfect.