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change parenthesis

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

Start file

this is some text {inside a pair of braces} and you need to change it into (brackets)

End file

this is some text (inside a pair of braces) and you need to change it into (brackets)

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< this is some text {inside a pair of braces} and you need to change it into (brackets)
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> this is some text (inside a pair of braces) and you need to change it into (brackets)

Solutions

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:s/{}<BS>}<BS>/(/:s/}<Left><Left><Left><Left><Del>&&<Del><Del><Del><BS><BS> | s:<BS>/}/)/<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

Created by: @rohitrango Tweet

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