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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4d1a8bf2b8cb3409320002c4

Search and Replace 0

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

Start file

aaa
aab
abb
bbb
aaa
aab
abb
bbb
aaa
aab
abb
bbb
aaa
aab
abb
bbb
aaa
aab
abb
bbb

End file

xaaax
aab
abb
bbb
xaaax
aab
abb
bbb
xaaax
aab
abb
bbb
xaaax
aab
abb
bbb
xaaax
aab
abb
bbb

View Diff

1c1
< aaa
---
> xaaax
5c5
< aaa
---
> xaaax
9c9
< aaa
---
> xaaax
13c13
< aaa
---
> xaaax
17c17
< aaa
---
> xaaax

Solutions

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1630 active golfers, 5004 entries

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#340 - jabular / @jabular

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#341 - Fan Zhang / @2bDeactivat3d

08/17/2014 at 03:04AM

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#342 - Bill Booth / @ohiopyle

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#344 - Dmitriy / @_dpy_

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#346 - Edgar Gonzalez / @gonzedge

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#347 - Greg / @developergreg

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#348 - Kristof / @kristofv

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#349 - Dario Avitabile / @tutticapaci

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#350 - Giovanni Garufi / @garufi_giovanni

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#354 - Sergei Zhgirovski / @Ixanezis

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#356 - Nicholas Lee-Hone / @NicholasLeeHone

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#357 - Matthew Barrington / @mbarrin

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#358 - eBrnd / @eBrnd

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#359 - Hrvoje Kopinc / @Hrwaaa

11/16/2014 at 04:58PM

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#360 - Glauco Pires / @grpires

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