Yeah, ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ G will search and select all. Then copy and paste. Also you can ⌘ ⌥ F to bring up quick search which is a little less cumbersome than the full text view.
I’d like to recommend this post, it’s good stuff. http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2014/12/bbedit-finding/ --Chris > On Aug 14, 2021, at 1:48 PM, Patrick Woolsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- 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/49543210-4BD3-4A71-855E-C4D35CF13EE8%40rustydogink.com.
