remove backslash character from file

Shell Programming and Scripting
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How do I remove a backslash character \ from a file?

I have used

sed -e "s|\||g" filename > newfile

I have done several permutations on this to no avail such as:

sed -e "s|`\`||g" filename > newfile
sed -e "s|""\""||g" filename > newfile

What am I doing wrong?:confused:

Thanks in advance

2 
 sed 's/\\//g' filename >newfile

You have escape a backslash by adding an escape character - the backslash

3

Worked like a charm, thanks so much.:smiley: