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Is there a way to use sandr (or other cmd) to change the first occurrence of a pattern to "x" and the second occurrence of the same pattern to "y" and so on.

Thanks
Leon Bloom

Yes, although the best way may depend on what you want the x and y to be. A '+' in the replacement string will put an incrementing number, if you want x to be 1, y to be 2 etc.

The other option would be to use <fmtcp sandcall> which allows a Vortex function to be called each time the pattern is matched. It can use a variable to keep track of how many times it has been called, and behave appropriately. You can use <capture> around that if you need the results in a variable rather than output to the screen.