On Feb 17, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Rich Siegel <sie...@barebones.com> wrote: > > On 17 Feb 2023, at 11:16, Neil Faiman wrote: > >> One of those things that must be easy, but I haven’t been able to figure out >> how: >> >> Given a set of files (specified in a Multi-File search dialog box), I want >> to find all the files that do NOT contain a string matching a grep pattern >> (specifically, a line beginning with the string “DecisionDate:"). > > The "Exclude Matches" option in the Multi-File Search window will do that for > you.
Well, that was even easier than I expected. (And before I progressed to my obvious next question, I took the extra fifteen seconds to discover the “Results Browsers” category in the “Search in: box.) With BBEdit, there is always a way. > Enjoy, I will! Thanks Neil -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" 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 bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/23E8DAD4-0159-4650-BCEE-D08550C8D92F%40faiman.org.