How to use variables in a command in sed?

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Say:

sed "s|\$ROOT|${HOME}|" abc.sh

Note:

  • Use double quotes so that the shell would expand variables.
  • Use a separator different than / since the replacement contains /
  • Escape the $ in the pattern since you don’t want to expand it.

EDIT: In order to replace all occurrences of $ROOT, say

sed "s|\$ROOT|${HOME}|g" abc.sh

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