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You can do it in a single substitute command like this

:s/(\(.*\))/[\1]/

The \( and \) mark the regex subexpression that matches everything inside the ( and ) in the input line. TheIn the replacement, the \1 stands for whatever the first (in this case the only) marked subexpression matched.

In words you might say,describe the substitute command as: look for a "(" followed by anything followed by ")". Replace that by "[" followed by the same "anything" followed by "]".

You can do it in a single substitute command like this

:s/(\(.*\))/[\1]/

The \( and \) mark the regex subexpression that matches everything inside the ( and ) in the input line. The \1 stands for whatever the first (in this case the only) marked subexpression matched.

In words you might say, look for a "(" followed by anything followed by ")". Replace that by "[" followed by the same "anything" followed by "]".

You can do it in a single substitute command like this

:s/(\(.*\))/[\1]/

The \( and \) mark the regex subexpression that matches everything inside the ( and ) in the input line. In the replacement, the \1 stands for whatever the first (in this case the only) marked subexpression matched.

In words you might describe the substitute command as: look for a "(" followed by anything followed by ")". Replace that by "[" followed by the same "anything" followed by "]".

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AndyB
AndyB
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You can do it in a single substitute command like this

:s/(\(.*\))/[\1]/

The \( and \) mark the regex subexpression that matches everything inside the ( and ) in the input line. The \1 stands for whatever the first (in this case the only) marked subexpression matched.

In words you might say, look for a "(" followed by anything followed by ")". Replace that by "[" followed by the same "anything" followed by "]".