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perl -e' $_ = qq{...\n} ... s!(<a href=")(.*?)(">bar</a>)!$1\[$2]$3!s; print; '
... <a href="foo">foo</a> <a href="[bar]">bar</a> ...
... <a href="[foo">foo</a> <a href="bar]">bar</a> ...