It works! Also, much tidier. Thanks Rich for that, and to everyone else for
all the hand holding. I can't thank you enough.
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 7:12:21 AM UTC-6 sie...@barebones.com wrote:
> On 26 May 2021, at 0:19, Duncan Thorne wrote:
>
> > You are all a helpful bunch but I'm still sinking! I looked at the
> > manual
> > and it addles my brain. Grep, zero-width positions, etc. Yikes.
>
> I think you'll find it simpler if you eliminate Grep from the process
> and do a literal search. Try writing the "replace" operation in your
> script as follows:
>
> replace "2021\\n$" using "2021\\t$" options {search mode:literal, case
> sensitive:false, starting at top:true}
>
> ("\n" and "\t" are backslash character escapes for line break and tab,
> respectively. The AppleScript editor will compile these into literal
> characters, so to avoid this we add an extra backslash. If you don't do
> that, the operation will still work, but the script is a little harder
> to read.)
>
> R.
>
> --
> Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
> <sie...@barebones.com> <https://www.barebones.com/>
>
> Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.
>
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