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y

[address1[,address2]]y/abc/xyz/

Translate characters. Change every instance of a to x, b to y, c to z, etc.

Example

# Change item 1, 2, 3 to Item A, B, C ...
/^item [1-9]/y/i123456789/IABCDEFGHI/

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