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1.1 root 1: #print
2: Sometimes you want to recognize a string of characters
3: only if they appear at the beginning of the line.
4: The character '^' is used for this purpose. The
5: command
6: s/^ab/xy/
7: will change "ab" to "xy" only if "ab" begins the line.
8: Try the following and watch what it does.
9:
10: ex file
11: 1,2p
12: 1,2s/^ab/xy/
13: wq
14: ready
15: #create Ref
16: xycd
17: abcd
18: #create file
19: abcd
20: abcd
21: #user
22: #cmp file Ref
23: #log
24: #next
25: 38.2b 5
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