Ellen Meiselman <[email protected]> sez: >I have a directory that contains many copies of a file set, each in its >own subfolder. I'd like to search the entire directory for all files >called "index.htm" and replace the entire contents of each of them. Each >one begins with "<!--" and ends with "</html>". What's in between may vary >slightly. > >What is the best Grep pattern for this?
Assuming I understand the task conditions correctly, you should be able to accomplish this by: a) Setting up a file filter to limit your search to only files of the desired name, which you can do via the Filter: popup in the Multi-File Search window, then b) Performing a Replace All with the "Grep" option enabled with: Find: <!--(?s).+</html> Replace: # empty field to delete, or any desired text As a precaution, I recommend trying this out on some sample files before using it on the actual file set. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com> P.O. Box 1048, Bedford, MA 01730-1048 -- 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>
