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Changing URL path in CSS

What's the quickest way to swap out all the URLs in a CSS file? Is it wasted keystrokes using look-behinds and look-aheads? (I'm sorry for the delete/report--I made a mistake with the last one requiring an ugly search for graphic to replace with images. I just intended this to be a simple search and replace that might possibly generate some macros or normals solutions that are quicker)

Start file
body {
	background: #d47300 url(graphics/noise.png);	
	font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}


.background {
	background: url(../images/background_shadow.png) no-repeat top center;
	background-position: 50% 16%;	
}

.background_overlay {
	background: url(../images/background_overlay.png) no-repeat top center;
	padding: 0;
	margin:0;
}


.order {
	background: #ff9e00 url(graphics/order.png) repeat-x;
	height: 25px;
	display: inline-block;
	color: #d47300;
	line-height: 25px;
	font-weight: 700;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: 800;
	padding: 0 10px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);	
	margin-right: 20px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #825600;
	text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,0.50);
}

.sponsor:hover {
	background-position: 0px -25px;
}

.sponsor:active {
	background: #ff9e00 url(../images/sponsors/sponsorBlock.png) repeat-x;
	background-position: 0px -50px;
}


.telephone {
	background: #fff url(graphics/telephone.png) repeat-x;
	height: 25px;
	display: inline-block;
	color: #A65A01;
	line-height: 25px;
	font-weight: 700;
	font-size: 14px;
	padding: 0 10px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);	
	margin-right: 20px;
	text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,0.50);
}


.social {
	background: #fff url(../social/telephone.png) repeat-x;
	display: inline-block;
	height: 25px;
	line-height: 25px;
	padding: 0 10px;
	color: #A65A01;
	font-weight: 700;
	font-size: 14px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);	
	margin-right: 20px;
}
End file
body {
	background: #d47300 url(/wp-content/themes/black/graphics/noise.png);	
	font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}


.background {
	background: url(/wp-content/themes/black/images/background_shadow.png) no-repeat top center;
	background-position: 50% 16%;	
}

.background_overlay {
	background: url(/wp-content/themes/black/images/background_overlay.png) no-repeat top center;
	padding: 0;
	margin:0;
}


.order {
	background: #ff9e00 url(/wp-content/themes/black/graphics/order.png) repeat-x;
	height: 25px;
	display: inline-block;
	color: #d47300;
	line-height: 25px;
	font-weight: 700;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: 800;
	padding: 0 10px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);	
	margin-right: 20px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #825600;
	text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,0.50);
}

.sponsor:hover {
	background-position: 0px -25px;
}

.sponsor:active {
	background: #ff9e00 url(/wp-content/themes/black/images/sponsors/sponsorBlock.png) repeat-x;
	background-position: 0px -50px;
}


.telephone {
	background: #fff url(/wp-content/themes/black/graphics/telephone.png) repeat-x;
	height: 25px;
	display: inline-block;
	color: #A65A01;
	line-height: 25px;
	font-weight: 700;
	font-size: 14px;
	padding: 0 10px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);	
	margin-right: 20px;
	text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,0.50);
}


.social {
	background: #fff url(/wp-content/themes/black/social/telephone.png) repeat-x;
	display: inline-block;
	height: 25px;
	line-height: 25px;
	padding: 0 10px;
	color: #A65A01;
	font-weight: 700;
	font-size: 14px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 20px;
	-moz-border-radius: 20px;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);	
	margin-right: 20px;
}

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< 	background: #d47300 url(graphics/noise.png);	
---
> 	background: #d47300 url(/wp-content/themes/black/graphics/noise.png);	
8c8
< 	background: url(../images/background_shadow.png) no-repeat top center;
---
> 	background: url(/wp-content/themes/black/images/background_shadow.png) no-repeat top center;
13c13
< 	background: url(../images/background_overlay.png) no-repeat top center;
---
> 	background: url(/wp-content/themes/black/images/background_overlay.png) no-repeat top center;
20c20
< 	background: #ff9e00 url(graphics/order.png) repeat-x;
---
> 	background: #ff9e00 url(/wp-content/themes/black/graphics/order.png) repeat-x;
43c43
< 	background: #ff9e00 url(../images/sponsors/sponsorBlock.png) repeat-x;
---
> 	background: #ff9e00 url(/wp-content/themes/black/images/sponsors/sponsorBlock.png) repeat-x;
49c49
< 	background: #fff url(graphics/telephone.png) repeat-x;
---
> 	background: #fff url(/wp-content/themes/black/graphics/telephone.png) repeat-x;
66c66
< 	background: #fff url(../social/telephone.png) repeat-x;
---
> 	background: #fff url(/wp-content/themes/black/social/telephone.png) repeat-x;

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#41 Underhill Labs / @underhilllabs - Score: 53 - 10/29/12 @ 22:40 
:%s/l(/l(\/wp-content\/themes\/black\//<CR>:%s/\.\.\/<CR>ZZ

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#42 無ん垢の叫び / @john_ababa - Score: 54 - 09/16/12 @ 00:00 
:%s,(g,(/wp-content/themes/black/g<CR>:<C-P><BS><BS><Home><Right><Right><Right><Del><Del>\.\.<Right><Del><CR>ZZ

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#43 Chris LeBlanc / @cleblanc87 - Score: 56 - 11/02/12 @ 08:43 
:%s/l(/l(\/wp-content\/themes\/black\/<CR>:%s/\.\.\//<CR>:w<CR>ZZ

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#44 vgromainl / @vgromainl - Score: 62 - 07/23/12 @ 15:02 
:%s/<BS>;\.\./;;<CR>:g/url/norm f(aw<BS>/wp-content/the<BS>emes/black/<CR>:x<CR>

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#45 Samuel Ytterbrink / @Neppord - Score: 66 - 06/22/12 @ 18:29 
:%s%url(\(../\|\)\(.\{-}\))%url(/wp-content/themes/black/\2)%<CR>:wq<CR>

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#46 Dustin Willis Webber / @Mephux - Score: 66 - 08/28/12 @ 09:21 
:%s/\(url(\.\.\/\)\|url(/url(\/wp-content\/themes\/black\//g<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

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#47 Ryan O'Connell / @Salshammath - Score: 68 - 06/21/12 @ 19:05 
:%s#\v(url\()@<=(\.\.)=/=(.{-})\)@=#/wp-content/themes/black/\3<CR>:<BS>ZZ

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#48 Veezus Kreist / @veezus - Score: 69 - 07/17/12 @ 11:54 
/pn<CR>qmF(a/wp-content/themes/black/<Esc>jqn@mn@@n@@n@@n@@n@@:%s/\.\.\//<CR>ZZ

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#49 Brett Lischalk / @blischalk - Score: 342 - 07/13/12 @ 18:16 
:%s/graphics//wp-content/themes/black/<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right>\<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>\<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>\<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>graphics/g<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>\<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>\.\.\/social<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>social<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>images<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>images<CR>l<Esc><Esc>:wq<CR>

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#50 Noel Alejandro / @noelrock333 - Score: 435 - 06/22/12 @ 14:39 
:$<BS>%S<BS>s,/<BS>l*<BS>(8<BS>[.](<BS>*,-<BS>l(wo<BS>p-wo<BS><BS>content.<BS>/themes.<BS>/black><BS><CR>>><BS><BS><<<BS><BS>ZZ<CR><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down><Down>u:%s.<BS>,8<BS>l(<Esc>[<Esc>:%s,l([./]*,<BS>.<BS>,l(con=<BS><BS><BS><BS>wp-content<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right>/<Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right><Right>/thee<BS>mes.<BS>/black<Right><CR>jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj}{{{{{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}}u%:%s,usl<BS><BS>rl([]<Left>./<Right><Right>.<BS><Left><Left>.<Right><Right><Left><Left><BS><Right><Right><Right>><BS>*,<<BS>*<BS><<BS>url(/content<BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS>wp/<BS>-co<BS><BS>content-<BS>.<BS>/themes-<BS>/black/<CR>kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk><Esc>:w<CR><Esc><C-W>q

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