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Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences

Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.

Start file
call_this_function()

_this_
  
  call_this_function()

 _this_

 call_this_function()
End file
call_that_function()

_this_
  
  call_that_function()

 _this_

 call_that_function()

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1c1
< call_this_function()
---
> call_that_function()
5c5
<   call_this_function()
---
>   call_that_function()
9c9
<  call_this_function()
---
>  call_that_function()

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#206 Nick Lucent / @NickLucent - Score: 26 - 02/22/19 @ 07:21
:%s/l_this_f/l_that_f/g<CR>ZZ

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#207 Phoon / @justflashhim - Score: 26 - 05/10/19 @ 16:27
:%s/l_this_f/l_that_f/g<CR>ZZ

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#208 Patryk Jachowski / @programatryk - Score: 26 - 09/17/19 @ 10:01
/ca<CR>ctfcall_that_<Esc>n.n.:wq<CR>

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