This is with v20.0.0.4.
Given these lines
/home/rfrench/file1.txt
/home/rfrench/file2.txt
/home/rfrench/file3.txt
/home/rfrench/file4.txt
Put the cursor on the 'f' in file1.txt and create a block selection of all of the 'file's.
Type 'new'. I would expect
/home/rfrench/new1.txt
/home/rfrench/new2.txt
/home/rfrench/new3.txt
/home/rfrench/new4.txt
Instead I get
/home/rfrench/1.tnewxt
/home/rfrench/2.tnewxt
/home/rfrench/3.tnewxt
/home/rfrench/4.tnewxt
If the block is started from the 'e' in file4.txt, it works as expected.