Bill Whitacre wrote:

> I have a folder of tab-delimted text.  In order to process them  
> correctly in another program I need to add two returns [ \r ] to the  
> top of each file.
> 
> I'm sure I can do that in a batch find/replace or similar process in  
> BBEdit, but I don't know how.
> 
> Any suggestions on where to start?
> 
> Thanks.

I think if you have find/replace set to grep then:

Find: \A

Replace: \r\r

will put two returns at the top of a file.

Then all you need to do is click multi-file search check box and use 
"Other..." button to select the folder you want.


-- 
Patrick

<http://www.patrickjames.me.uk>



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