From: "Jan E." Date: 2012-03-17T00:20:24+09:00 Subject: Re: How to replace backslahes in accented String Hi, What exactly happens? It does work for me: path = 'Q:\Mes Clients\BUT_Monétique et Commerçant\IG30_Suivi_Projet' path.gsub! "\\", "/" puts path # outputs the path with all backslashes replaced -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.