[TxMt] Inserting a special char at beginning and end of multiple lines?

[Adam Boettiger]

I have 20,000+ lines that I need to select-all and then be able to
insert a special character like ^ not normally found within the
document, at the beginning of every line, to allow me to then use Find
and Replace to insert a common string at the beginning of each line.

After doing this, I also need to be able to do the same thing at the
END of each line of text and run find and replace with a different
string on all 20,000 lines.

I know how to use Find & Replace.

What I don't know and what I can't locate in the manual document is
how to select all 20,000 lines and insert a character at the beginning
and end of each of those lines.

What is the most efficient way of doing this?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Adam Boettiger
adam at adamboettiger.com
Portland, Oregon