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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T22:35:51+00:00 2026-05-26T22:35:51+00:00

I am copy-pasting an example from a PDF to Vim and I have to

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I am copy-pasting an example from a PDF to Vim and I have to replace all “ and ” with "
and all ‘ and ’ with ' so that the code works.

Well that will probably seem easier to understand:
I want to replace all foo and bar with foobar simultaneously.

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    2026-05-26T22:35:51+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 10:35 pm

    Try this in vi:

    :1,$s/[“”]/"/g
    

    then

    :1,$s/[‘’]/'/g
    
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