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1.1       root        1: #print
                      2: Just as you can specify files with an abbreviation,
                      3: it is also possible, in the 's' command, to
                      4: use an abbreviation for the string to be used
                      5: for substitution.  Unfortunately, the characters
                      6: used to indicate an abbreviation are quite
                      7: different, and you must learn them separately for the
                      8: editor and the file-name interpreter. (Sorry about
                      9: that, but that's the way the world is.)
                     10: 
                     11: The symbol for 'any character' is '.'.  Thus
                     12:  s/a./bc/p
                     13: looks for an 'a' followed by anything, and changes those
                     14: characters into 'bc'.
                     15: Thus the line
                     16:    what now
                     17: would become
                     18:    whbc now
                     19: after that command.
                     20: What will the word "floating" become after
                     21:  s/a./or/
                     22: is executed?  Type "answer WORD" where WORD is the new version.
                     23: #copyin
                     24: #user
                     25: #uncopyin
                     26: #match flooring
                     27: #log
                     28: #next
                     29: 32.1b  10

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