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Regular expression replace

I have to replace "something" in file with :something. My editor is kate can anyone suggest a search expression and placeholder for that.

Example

Input

"code"
"name"
"remark"

Output

:code
:name
:remark
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Biju CD Avatar asked Aug 29 '09 09:08

Biju CD


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2 Answers

search for "(\w+)", replace with :\1

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dfa Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 21:10

dfa


search: (something)
replace: :\1

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Vitaly Dyatlov Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 20:10

Vitaly Dyatlov