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Letter case trickery

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

Start file
A4E SUM 3C0Z
2B A9 NE F2Z
End file
a4e SUM 3c0Z
2b a9 NE f2Z

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1,2c1,2
< A4E SUM 3C0Z
< 2B A9 NE F2Z
---
> a4e SUM 3c0Z
> 2b a9 NE f2Z

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#517 Thomas Feiler / @SirTibsTibsford - Score: 45 - 09/04/13 @ 21:23 
:%s-\<\([0-9A-F]\+\)\([Z$]*\)\>-\L\1\E\2-g<CR>ZZ

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#518 mathac / @mathacgolf - Score: 45 - 05/05/14 @ 19:29 
:%s/A\|E\|C\|\B\|F/\L&/g<Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left>4<CR>ZZ

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