How to wrap each line in quotes in SublimeText?

Question

Input:

boston beach summer figural yellow blue boston floral flowers still still-life food pink figural boston horse pink purple house flowers floral figural 

Expected output:

"boston beach summer figural yellow blue" "boston floral flowers still still-life food pink figural" "boston horse pink purple house flowers floral figural" 

The actual input file has 600+ lines, and I'm looking at a quick way to wrap each line in quotes? Does the method involve using multiple cursors? How about macros?

Answer 1

I would use a multiple cursors approach like this:

Windows

1. Ctrl + A (Select everything)
2. Ctrl + Shift + L (Split into lines)
3. End (Put the cursor at the end of the line)
4. " (Add the quote at the end of the line)
5. Home (Go to the first character of the line)
6. Home (Go to the beginning of the line... like if you have tabs or spaces)
7. " (Add the quote at the beginning of the line)

Mac

1. Cmd + A (Select everything)
2. Cmd + Shift + L (Split into lines)
3. Cmd + → (Put the cursor at the end of the line)
4. " (Add the quote at the end of the line)
5. Cmd + ← (Go to the first character of the line)
6. Cmd + ← (Go to the beginning of the line... like if you have tabs or spaces)
7. " (Add the quote at the beginning of the line)

Answer 2

Method 1:

• no multiple cursors
• + best performance (use for large files)
• - slightly clumsy

Replace (.*) with "\1"

Method 2:

• multiple cursors
• + best in regards to usability/comfort
• - slower for bigger files
• - wont work if the file has empty lines

Ctrl+a, Ctrl+Shift+l, "

Method 3:

• multiple cursors
• + close to #2 as usability, but works always
• - slower for bigger files

Ctrl+a, Ctrl+Shift+l, End, ", Home, "