On Jun 2, Siegfried Heintze said:
s/\bJr\b/ Junior /gi;
This is not exactly what I want because it will put a space before "Junior"
even if Junior is at the beginning and I don't want a space?
Just do
s/\bJr\b/Junior/gi;
The \b is an anchor -- it matches a location, not a character.
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