The Find command is normally the easiest way to locate any text which matches a particular Grep pattern, and you can then just copy the matched (& selected) text. (Please bear in mind that you are never _obligated_ to perform a replace after a search.)
In case the above isn't what you're trying to accomplish, then it would be helpful if you could provide an actual example, e.g. a pair of "before" and "after" documents Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > On Aug 13, 2021, at 22:30, e2o <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howdy! Is there an easy way to copy a chunk of text matched with a regular > expression to the clipboard only? No search/replace. > > I have an expression that selects everything at the beginning of a document > up to but not including the first blank line. I need to copy this text and > copy it to the bottom of the document. I can't use Process Lines Including > because it uses \A to match beginning of document, which doesn't fly there. > > So my expression is: > \A.*\r(^\S.*\r)+ > > How do I just copy the matched text to clipboard? This needs to be scriptable > with Keyboard Maestro - so standard menu items and keyboard shortcuts would > be nice, but I might be able to muddle through AppleScript or similar. > > Thanks! > > - eric -- 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 here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/E633B534-D1B9-4649-80BD-CB02804D6E16%40barebones.com.
