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FwdSlashes.js
BckSlashes.js
Author: sam AT sam-i-am.com
last modified: July 12, 2001
This is a pair of scripts to convert backslashes to forward slashes and vice-versa. I have both side by side with the button captions:
\/ for backslash to forward slash conversion (FwdSlash.js)
/\ for forward to backslash slash conversion (BckSlash.js)
That's really all there is to it -- select your path or other block of text and hit \/ to convert backslashes to forward slashes; /\ to convert forward slashes to backslashes.
I use this a lot when working with file paths - windows prefers backslashes; perl and pretty much everything else prefers the forward slashes.
For example the path to this file:
C:\sam-i-am.com\work\homesite\hs_slashes.html
becomes
C:/sam-i-am.com/work/homesite/hs_slashes.html
There are no prompts - just select and hit the button. You can always undo if you screw up.