sorry - the replace string should be: <a href="images_big/Photo\1orig.jpg"><img src="images_thumbs/Photo \1prev.jpg"></a>\r
no html entities, and a line return at the end not sure how html shows up in these posts... we'll see in a minute! On Mar 31, 6:13 pm, blinde <[email protected]> wrote: > rather than script this, here's what i would do... old school, but quick > and dirty: > > 1. drag the folder of original images onto an open/empty bbedit window. > this will give you a list of all the images, no matter how many there are. > > 2. select all (command + a) > > 3. slam everything to the left (command + [ as many times as it takes) > > 4. run this saved grep pattern: > > FIND: ^Photo(.+)orig\.jpg</string>\\r > REPLACE: <a href="images_big/Photo\1orig.jpg"><img > src="images_thumbs/Photo\1prev.jpg"></a>\\r > > 5. sorry that took so long! > > i have a collection of saved grep patterns i use all the time... big time > saver. > > bruce > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:21:59 AM UTC-7, blue-orange wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I have the following task of creating a page with 1000 thumbnails > > linked to larger files. > > I want to automate the task and the automation part is an unfamiliar > > territory for me. > > > I have two txt files containing 1000 thumbnail and original image > > filenames that look like this: > > > original.txt: > > Photo_19001_2010-11-18_13.45.59_orig.jpg > > Photo_19002_2010-11-18_21.07.04_orig.jpg > > Photo_19003_2010-11-19_10.48.19_orig.jpg > > Photo_19004_2010-11-19_14.05.01_orig.jpg > > Photo_19005_2010-11-19_14.05.05_orig.jpg > > ... > > > preview.txt: > > Photo_19001_2010-11-18_13.45.59_prev.jpg > > Photo_19002_2010-11-18_21.07.04_prev.jpg > > Photo_19003_2010-11-19_10.48.19_prev.jpg > > Photo_19004_2010-11-19_14.05.01_prev.jpg > > Photo_19005_2010-11-19_14.05.05_prev.jpg > > ... > > > I have a HTML template: > > <a href="urlOriginal"><img src="urlPreview"></a> > > > I want to replace the urlOriginal and urlPreview with the proper info > > from the txt files. Repeat 999 times. > > > I understand this is not possible with BBEdit. > > AppleScript to the rescue? > > > Where do I start? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
