On 28-Oct-2010, at 11:55, direwolf wrote:
I'm a grep newb but figured there is a way to do this?
Maybe a two step process to first replace all returns with tabs and
then replace every fourth tab with a return?
Find: (^.*$)\r(^.*$)\r(^.*$)\r(^.*$)\r
Replace: \1\t\2\t\3\t\4\r
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Hi everyone,
I've got a list of codes in a text file. Each code is a separate
record (on a separate line).
Like this:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
What I want to do is find and replace so that I have four codes per
record separated by tabs.
Like this:
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
I'm a grep newb but figured there is a
Search for:
(.*)\r(.*)\r(.*)\r(.*)\r
Replace with:
\1\t\2\t\3\t\4\r
Make sure 'Use grep' is checked and run 'Replace all.'
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:55 PM, direwolf direwolf.gh...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
I've got a list of codes in a text file. Each code is a separate
record (on a
Wow. Thanks for the super fast reply. That is a great.
Now that I see it spelled out, it makes perfect sense.
Gotta get myself a good grep tutorial.
Thanks again!
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Gotta get myself a good grep tutorial.
If you select 'Tutorial' from BBEdit's Help menu, there's a pretty good
introduction to many features. Grep is covered in the section called
'Finders, Keepers.' Once you've worked through that, chapter 8 of the BBEdit
user manual is a very readable
I can recommend Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta (©2004 by Sams
Publishing; ISBN 0-672-32566-7). I also have Mastering Regular Expressions by
Jeffrey E. F. Friedl (see http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex3/ for details)
and, of course, the BBEdit manual, but it's the slim Forta
