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If you just want to change the first instance on a given line, then it is just a s/// command but don't use the g modifier. 


s/"[^"]*"/"that"/;

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Re: Re: Swap between first found match
by Roger (Parson) on Mar 04, 2004 at 03:25 UTC
    Use non-greedy match:  .*?
    s/".*?"/"that"/;

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      What's wrong with a negated character class? [^"]

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        Nothing wrong, just 2 more characters to type.

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