cat << EOF | awk '{split($0, arr, "|"); for (i=1; i<=length(arr); i++) {if (i%2) printf("%s", arr[i]); else printf("\\abs{%s}", arr[i]); } printf("%s", ORS)}'
$|abs|$ so on and so fourth
$$|a|+|b|\geq|a+b|$$
who is affraid of wolf $|abs|$
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