As a follow up to Tim's message: http://prakrit.info/dh/search.html
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 4:34 PM Lubin, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Madhav, > > > > In addition to the concise explanation in the link Arjuna sent, one might > add a word about the grep’s general utility for Indologists. With the > already enormous and rapidly growing wealth of Sanskrit texts available in > digital form from GRETIL and many other sources, one now has at one’s > fingertips a powerful tool that acts like a global index to all that > material, not just to certain words but to any string of characters or > co-occurrence of multiple strings. Moreover, your search will turn up not > just text names and page or line numbers but a chunk of surrounding text > for each hit, so you can see and compare the words “in situ.” > > > > You need only keep all your Sanskrit digital texts in a folder (along with > any number of nested subfolders) and direct the editor’s search engine to > search that entire folder (or any given subfolder) for a given string > occurring any all the files contained therein. > > > > Of course you can use Finder on Mac to search folders or your entire drive > for a particular string, but GREP allows searching using “regular > expressions” (see > https://s3.amazonaws.com/BBSW-download/BBEdit_14.0_User_Manual.pdf, ch. 8 > = pp. 189-222), to get maximally complete results despite variations in > encoding, wording, spelling, sandhi, etc., and find to multiple strings > occurring in proximity to each but with a variable number of intervening > characters, etc., etc. > > > > Best, > Tim > > > > > > _________________________________________ > Timothy Lubin > Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law > 204 Tucker Hall > Washington and Lee University > Lexington, Virginia 24450 > > American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 2020–21 > National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, 2020–21 > > https://lubin.academic.wlu.edu/ > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flubin.academic.wlu.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=KGZJIHllkEOJZN9s48rB6YkrExmYG1owecyuPn%2FuR%2Bg%3D&reserved=0> > > http://wlu.academia.edu/TimothyLubin > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwlu.academia.edu%2FTimothyLubin&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=etrMzh0RHx8819v5PH6KeTgeHQpeNVqeSUP62IDVn9c%3D&reserved=0> > > https://ssrn.com/author=930949 > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fssrn.com%2Fauthor%3D930949&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521888642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=F9JfpSkLrSfrImfMeIXPIjpUIVYIYcwfbvm8dqcxedE%3D&reserved=0> > https://dharma.hypotheses.org/people/lubin-timothy > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdharma.hypotheses.org%2Fpeople%2Flubin-timothy&data=04%7C01%7CLubinT%40wlu.edu%7C118620c8eb3b4049237308d886c1df18%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637407514521898628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=sncUovdIh9wA0ezo8n2xpYpllaMKMetH86tMA6Jtg9A%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From: *INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *Arjuna S R <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, September 17, 2021 at 7:15 PM > *To: *Madhav Deshpande <[email protected]> > *Cc: *INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [INDOLOGY] Grep tool for searching on Mac > > > > Dear Sir, > > > > This link will help you know about 'grep' - > http://qpeng.org/computer/grep.htm > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fqpeng.org%2Fcomputer%2Fgrep.htm&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207006248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=XnbS23LaM0dTX5ZFeCnVYBhvaGSXx4g%2BbK4Kx5F%2FUrQ%3D&reserved=0> > > > > Thank you. > > > > Regards, > > Arjuna > > > > On Fri, 17 Sept 2021 at 21:30, Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > To confess my ignorance, what exactly does GREP do? I use a MacBook. What > would I need GREP for? Please enlighten me. > > > Madhav M. Deshpande > > Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics > > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA > > Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies > > Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India > > > > [Residence: Campbell, California, USA] > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 8:20 AM Peter Wyzlic via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > just for the record: MacOS has also a classical command line grep. So, > technically speaking, you do not necessarily need an extra program. It > requires plain text files, however. > > All the best > Peter Wyzlic > > Am 17.09.2021 um 14:21 schrieb Lubin, Tim: > > BBEdit is most common for grepping on Mac, but some other editors do it, > e.g., Oxygen xml editor. > > Before I switched to Mac, I used *Examine64* for grep searches: > > https://www.examine64.com/ > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.examine64.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207006248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=OOEXd%2FcXTQveafYKY3TSkJkP%2Bwbd36UuM0MpuuS6sCQ%3D&reserved=0> > > As I recall, it could even search binary files (e.g., docx, rtf, pdf), > which BBEdit cannot do. > > > > Best, > > Tim Lubin > > > > *From: *INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> on behalf of INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *Sven Sellmer <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, September 17, 2021 at 1:33 PM > *To: *Harry Spier <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Cc: *INDOLOGY <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [INDOLOGY] Grep tool for searching on Mac > > > > On a Mac, BBEdit does "grep" multifile search. > > > > Best wishes, > > Sven > > > > Am 17.09.2021 um 13:30 schrieb Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]>: > > > > > Most good text editors have both a "find in files" feature that allows you > to search in multiple files or whole directories at a time and also have a > "regular expressions" feature that allow you to do what you call "grep" > searchs. I use notepad++ on windows but I can't give you the name of a > text editor for Mac as I'm not a Mac user. The Muktabodha digital library > searchable etext library has that feature built in, but only for use on its > searchable etext collection. > > Harry Spier > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 7:19 AM Krishnaprasad G via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all > > Is there any readymade tool for using the Grep command for Sanskrit text > string for multiple files? > > > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.indology.info%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Findology&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207006248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=pwDX%2BPnD3X3TUYjJCF94R%2Bf2RGOTmm8EDkJwhaBd9jE%3D&reserved=0> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.indology.info%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Findology&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207016204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LFbqlT45VSHxMrob4uybbGdaCjD1a%2BVU9ECdYRr%2B2%2BU%3D&reserved=0> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > INDOLOGY mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.indology.info%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Findology&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207016204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=LFbqlT45VSHxMrob4uybbGdaCjD1a%2BVU9ECdYRr%2B2%2BU%3D&reserved=0> > > > > -- > > Universität Bonn > > Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften > > Bibliothek > > Brühler Str. 7 > > D-53119 Bonn > > Tel.: 0228/73-62436 > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.indology.info%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Findology&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207026159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=n9aPHSIOkYbe5awnjRzKS8uuk2X7ZGtEK9a3V099LDo%3D&reserved=0> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > <https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flist.indology.info%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Findology&data=04%7C01%7Clubint%40wlu.edu%7Cc70ec92367da466411ca08d979feb9b7%7Cd1a80622a99943e58eb67873905e939e%7C1%7C0%7C637674957207026159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=n9aPHSIOkYbe5awnjRzKS8uuk2X7ZGtEK9a3V099LDo%3D&reserved=0> > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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