Thank you - I think you understood the task perfectly. I'll test this today.
On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:40:28 PM UTC-4, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > > Ellen Meiselman 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>
