I create a short text file, like
>
> a test
> b
> c

My search pattern (Grep on) is '^(\**) ?' (without the quotes).

When I search, this pattern finds the any string of asterisks at the 
beginning of the line, followed by an optional space; if no asterisks, it 
matches the beginning of the line. (Find next, previous, or find all all 
work.)

My replacement pattern is '*\1 ', which will put an asterisk, any found 
asterisks, then a space, at the beginning of the line.

Doing replace, replace all, or replace and find will often (but not 
always!) replace the entire file with a single asterisk and space, as if 
multi-line search is on.  Other times it correct steps through each line 
and prepends an asterisk.

What no-doubt-obvious thing am I missing?

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