> On Dec 07, 2021, at 20:44, Richard Fairbanks <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want BBEdit to return the number of times a text string appears in the
> files in a directory. The following works to replace any such text:
Hey Richard,
The simple way is to do a straight file search:
If you want to script it then you need to do something like this:
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# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2021/12/07 22:17
# dMod: 2021/12/07 22:17
# Appl: BBEdit
# Task: Count the Number of Files Containing a Search String –
Recursive-File-Search
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @ASObjC, @BBEdit, @Count, @Files, @Containing,
@Search, @String, @Recursive, @Search
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use AppleScript version "2.4" --» Yosemite or later
use framework "Foundation"
use scripting additions
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set searchDir to "~/test_directory/Many_Files_6000/"
set searchDir to ((current application's NSString's
stringWithString:searchDir)'s ¬
stringByExpandingTildeInPath) as text
tell application "BBEdit"
set foundRecord to find "three\\nfour" searching in searchDir options
{search mode:grep, case sensitive:false, starting at top:true, returning
results:true}
if found of foundRecord then
return length of found matches of foundRecord
end if
end tell
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Best Regards,
Chris
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