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Ferdinand <Ferdinand.Gruebler@gmx.de> writes:

> So what am I doing wrong here?
> How do you solve such edits in emacs efficiently?

If I'm reading you correctly, I think M-% will do what you want.  Or if
you're not running Emacs in a terminal, you can use a mouse:
Edit->Replace->Replace String.

But that seems a little simple.  Perhaps I misunderstood?