sed - Replace all double quotes with single quotes

Question

I'm trying to replace all double quotes in a string with single quotes. here my expression:

echo "<a href="#" id="resendActivationMailLink">here</a>" | sed "s/"/'/"

unfortunately only the first double quote is replaced :S

<a href='#" id="resendActivationMailLink">here</a> 

any Ideas?

Answer 1

You need to pass the g flag to sed:

sed "s/"/'/g"