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I'm not sure if this is the same thing, but a while back I did a 
multi-channel design, and wanted to copy the layout of one channel to 
another. So, I did the first channel layout. Then highlighted it, and 
copied the channel (initially, the cut/paste has redundant refdes). If 
you highlight the new channel, and save it. At this point, the .pcb file 
has an easy to parse flag on all the parts that require a new refdes.

I wrote a program to go ahead and swap the highlighted text to whatever 
I wanted it changed to. Worked great. The next time you open up pcb, 
everything is all ready to rock.