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Any delimiter may be used in place of ‘<samp>/</samp>’. 102The delimiter may be quoted in <var>old</var> and <var>new</var> 103with a single backslash. If ‘<samp>&</samp>’ appears in <var>new</var>, 104it is replaced by <var>old</var>. A single backslash will quote 105the ‘<samp>&</samp>’. The final delimiter is optional if it is the last 106character on the input line. 107</p> 108</dd> 109<dt><code>&</code></dt> 110<dd><p>Repeat the previous substitution. 111</p> 112</dd> 113<dt><code>g</code></dt> 114<dt><code>a</code></dt> 115<dd><p>Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line. Used in 116conjunction with ‘<samp>s</samp>’, as in <code>gs/<var>old</var>/<var>new</var>/</code>, 117or with ‘<samp>&</samp>’. 118</p> 119</dd> 120<dt><code>G</code></dt> 121<dd><p>Apply the following ‘<samp>s</samp>’ modifier once to each word in the event. 122</p> 123</dd> 124</dl> 125 126 127 128 129</body> 130</html> 131