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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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