I would add to look at the "Grep Reference" in BBEdit Help for documentation of the syntax. Grep is like wildcards on steroids.
[fletcher] > On Jan 30, 2018, at 6:31 AM, Kerri Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it depends on what you want to do to those <ut> elements. But here's an > example (and note the "grep" box is checked at the bottom). This will take > the string > > <ut>this is what the number 5 looks like</ut> > > and will return > > <banana>this is what the number looks like</banana> > > Does that help at all? More info about what you want to do with text between > the tags might be helpful, too. > > <Screen Shot 2018-01-30 at 9.29.05 AM.png> > > --Kerri > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Jaime Guitart Vilches > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello > I'm new to this and I hope I can get some help with what I expect/hope to be > a basic lack of knowledge on my side... > I'm editing a large database and I need to replace a series of strings that > are clearly delimited with tags <ut>....</ut>. > I'm wondering if there's a wildcard character I can use to search for > anything contained between those tags? > I've tried <ut>*</ut> and <ut>?</ut> but it doesn't seem to work. > It would save me SO much time... > Thanks in advance, > Jaime > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" rather than posting to > the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit > <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit > <https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit>. > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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 > <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit > <https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit>. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
