Great! Thanks so much. I was able to get something workable from this. > On Nov 12, 2022, at 6:39 PM, Bruce Van Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sure looks to me like Text -> Process Lines Containing… could do what you > want. > > 1. Choose Find lines that do not contain: > > 2. Put the pattern you mention in the box. > > 3. Choose Delete matched lines > > 4. Make sure Copy to clipboard and Copy to new document are NOT checked. > > 5. Click Process > > Doesn’t that do what you want? (Test with sample copies of your files.) > > An approach using Extract could be to script it and add a step to > unlink/delete the original file after the new one is created with the > extractions; once the original file is deleted, the new one can be re-named > with the original name. > > Of course, it’s easy to picture doing this operation with a short script in > Perl or Applescript, saved as a BBEdit text filter. > > HTH > >> On Nov 12, 2022, at 2:12 PM, Michael Kocher <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> The problem with Extract is that it makes a new file, and I have a thousands >> of files. Is there a way to do it within the original file? >> >> On Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 3:23:13 PM UTC-6 [email protected] >> wrote: >> On 12 Nov 2022, at 16:09, Michael Kocher wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to use a multi-file search and replace using grep. I'm still >>> pretty new to grep and BBEdit and could use some help. >>> >>> I can isolate the text I want to keep using this: >>> >>> <div class="page-content(?s).*?<div data-analytics-region="prev-next" >>> >>> Unfortunately, that's the content I want to keep. Is there a way to find >>> everything *except* what that line pulls up and delete it? >> >> The "Extract" button might do the job for you here. (Leave the "Replace" >> field blank.) >> >> R. >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/d73aa5e5-11e5-4b3f-9bc8-30de68e2ccd2n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/d73aa5e5-11e5-4b3f-9bc8-30de68e2ccd2n%40googlegroups.com>. > > > — Bruce > > _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_ > > > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on > Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit <https://twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bbedit/JdwTs_VSoik/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/bbedit/JdwTs_VSoik/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/EDC7782A-67D9-46B1-8A64-5F0C8449B50B%40cruzio.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/EDC7782A-67D9-46B1-8A64-5F0C8449B50B%40cruzio.com>.
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