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I want to add this character at the end of each line in a file:

sed -e 's/$/\/$/g' myfile.txt > myfile_new.txt

The result add $/ with explicit $ in each line. but I do not want to add $.

For example, this is a line in the original file:

https://myline

I executed the command, the result become:

https://myline/$

But I want:

https://myline/

What is wrong? Plz note that the file was originally dos type, I convert it to unix using:

dos2unix myfile.txt
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You just need 's/$/\//' - the $ anchors the pattern to the end of the line, but it's not an actual character that can be replaced. Similarly for ^. What you're actually matching (and replacing) is the empty pattern anchored at the end of the line.

Also as noted by @Phillippos in the comments, the g is unnecessary here: since the expression is anchored, it can only match at one place.

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    1) As there is only one end-of-line per line, the g option is not neccessary (true for all anchored patterns) 2) If the pattern or replacement contains a slash, better use a different delimiter: s_$_/_ is easier to read. – Philippos Jun 27 at 12:07
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    another "in other words..." -- the left-hand side of s/// is a regular expression; the right-hand side is a plain string (except for & and \1...). When you put a $ in the right-hand side, you're adding a plain character. – glenn jackman Jun 27 at 13:29
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You can try with awk command too

command

awk '{print $0"/"}' filename
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