How to replace backward slash to forward slash using java?

Question

I\'m importing a CSV file to MySQL database. This can be done using java.mysql support for forward slash in file path. If user gives the path

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Answer 1

In java, use this:

str = str.replace("\\", "/");

Note that the regex version of replace, ie replaceAll(), is not required here; replace() still replaces all occurrences of the search term, but it searches for literal Strings, not regex matches.