On 02/11/2019, at 20:46, 'David J' via BBEdit Talk <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > That's right, multiple text files all in one parent folder on an external > drive, but there are many child folders below. I'm new to terminal and grep, > could I specify a folder and multiple folders below with the expression you > came up with?
Hey David, Yes – you can. cd ~/'test_directory/Dictionary Files Split/'; # Change the working directory. # pwd; # Print Working Directory (currently commented-out) egrep -i -R -A1 -B1 '^(beemaster|fimbriodentate|muddlehead|Terpsichorean)$' *; -R is for Recursive. The output of my test folder with several large files of dictionary words is: Sub Folder A/eimer-fin.txt-fimbrillose Sub Folder A/eimer-fin.txt:fimbriodentate Sub Folder A/eimer-fin.txt-Fimbristylis -- -- Sub Folder B/mountainless-oenomel.txt-muddledom Sub Folder B/mountainless-oenomel.txt:muddlehead Sub Folder B/mountainless-oenomel.txt-muddleheaded -- -- Sub Folder C/tenontoplasty-typographical.txt-terpsichoreally Sub Folder C/tenontoplasty-typographical.txt:Terpsichorean Sub Folder C/tenontoplasty-typographical.txt:terpsichorean Sub Folder C/tenontoplasty-typographical.txt-Terraba -- -- beefer-capitulum.txt-beeman beefer-capitulum.txt:beemaster beefer-capitulum.txt-been An extra word was found in group 3, because I had case-insensitive turned ON. It looks to me like you've found what you need in BBEdit's GUI Mult-File Search, but it's good to have options. -- Best Regards, Chris -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://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.
