How to remove quotes surrounding the first two columns in Vim?

Question

Say I have the following style of lines in a text file:

\"12\" \"34\" \"some text     \"
\"56\" \"78\" \"some more text\"
.
.
.
etc.

I want

Answer 1

1. Start visual-block by Ctrl+v.
2. Jump at the end and select first two columns by pressing: G, EE.

3. Type: :s/\%V"//g which would result in the following command:

   :'<,'>s/\%V"//g
   

   Press Enter and this will remove all " occurrences in the selected block.

See: Applying substitutes to a visual block at Vim Wikia