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(Replacement Commands): Mention query-replace key binding.

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@cindex global substitution

  Global search-and-replace operations are not needed often in Emacs,
but they are available.  In addition to the simple @kbd{M-x
replace-string} command which replaces all occurrences,
there is a @kbd{M-x query-replace} command which finds each occurrence
of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it.

  The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the
end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (@pxref{Transient
Mark}), when the mark is active, they operate on the region.  The

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@cindex global substitution

  Global search-and-replace operations are not needed often in Emacs,
but they are available.  In addition to the simple @kbd{M-x
replace-string} command which replaces all occurrences,
there is @kbd{M-%} (@code{query-replace}), which presents each occurrence
of the pattern and asks you whether to replace it.

  The replace commands normally operate on the text from point to the
end of the buffer; however, in Transient Mark mode (@pxref{Transient
Mark}), when the mark is active, they operate on the region.  The