[Sorry Bill - We veered into a related topic]
Oh, the '-' is only by the Recent Folders items.
The upper items on the list are dynamic - based on which files, projects, etc
are currently open. They would go away if closed.
HTH
— Bruce
_bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
> On Feb 9, 2026, at 7:09 PM, Tim A <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is my view - nothing on the right...<BBEdit Search Multi-file
> Exclude.jpg>
>
> On Monday, February 9, 2026 at 2:44:06 PM UTC-8 Bruce Van Allen wrote:
> Try the little '-' in a circle on the right by each search location.
>
> — Bruce
>
> _bruce__van_allen__santa_cruz_ca_
>
>
> > On Feb 9, 2026, at 11:28 AM, Tim A <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > That prompted me to take a look at Search choices on my computer and found
> > the "Search In" box filled with file names from just doing other things in
> > the past with BBEdit. I don't see any way to clear out/delete these.
> > Is there a way to delete these?
> >
> > On Sunday, February 8, 2026 at 7:06:03 AM UTC-8 Rich Siegel wrote:
> > On 8 Feb 2026, at 8:35, Bill Kochman wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Rich and company,
> > >
> > > Well, I suppose I should already know how to do this after all of these
> > > years using BBEdit, but I don’t. I googled for the right answer to my
> > > question, but apparently, the info Google provides is outdated in some
> > > way. I couldn’t find an answer in the grep cheat sheet either.
> > >
> > > My question is very simple.
> > >
> > > I have a folder containing 741 BBEdit files. The vast majority of the
> > > files have the following three hashtags in a vertical row:
> > >
> > > #Scriptures\n#BibleStudy\n#BibleVerses\n
> > >
> > > However, there are a small number of files which do NOT have those
> > > hashtags. So exactly how do I find and list just those files, and NOT all
> > > of the other files which DO contain those hashtags?
> > >
> > > Using the above line, please show me exactly what I should put in the
> > > multi-file search window, and what options need to be enabled.
> >
> > The "Exclude Matches" option in the Multi-File Search window is provided
> > for this purpose.
> >
> > R.
> >
> >
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> > Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they sedate me.
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