[Newbie Alert] Search results in new document

Discussion:

Ton Machielsen

2017-06-23 14:01:23 UTC

Hi all!

Just started with BBEdit.

How do i export search results into a new document? Currently i do this:

Search
Copy Search results
Open new document
Paste

Problem here is that in front of every line i get the filename and line
number where BBEdit found what i was searching for. I want to eliminate
that.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Ton.
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Patrick Woolsey

2017-06-23 16:23:39 UTC

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First, you can save a couple of steps by using File -> Export as
Text to create a file directly from the search results.

Next, though there is no option to omit the file & line number,
you can easily strip that info via an appropriate grep search &
replace, and, if you expect needing to do so often, you can either

a) save the search & replace pattern via the Saved Patterns
(g) popup
within the Find or Multi-File Search windows, or

b) create a _text factory_ and add a suitable 'Replace All' action,
then save that factory into the "Text Filters" subfolder of BBEdit's
app support folder and invoke it via Text -> Apply Text
Filter ->
[Your_Filter_Name].

Beyond that, may I ask what you plan to do with the saved search
results, e.g. are they purely archival or how else do you wish
to transform them?

Regards,

Patrick Woolsey
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Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>

Post by Ton Machielsen
Hi all!
Just started with BBEdit.
Search
Copy Search results
Open new document
Paste
Problem here is that in front of every line i get the filename
and line number where BBEdit found what i was searching for. I
want to eliminate that.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ton.

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Ton Machielsen

2017-06-23 17:44:00 UTC

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The use case here is log parsing. So i have a log with a lot of information
about a lot of objects. I want to strip everything except the information
about one specific object, so i want to filter the file showing only the
lines that contain a specific string.
If i can do that, then i donât even have to pump it into a separate file.

Makes sense?

First, you can save a couple of steps by using File -> Export as Text to
create a file directly from the search results.
Next, though there is no option to omit the file & line number, you can
easily strip that info via an appropriate grep search & replace, and, if
you expect needing to do so often, you can either
a) save the search & replace pattern via the Saved Patterns (g) popup
within the Find or Multi-File Search windows, or
b) create a _text factory_ and add a suitable 'Replace All' action,
then save that factory into the "Text Filters" subfolder of BBEdit's
app support folder and invoke it via Text -> Apply Text Filter ->
[Your_Filter_Name].
Beyond that, may I ask what you plan to do with the saved search results,
e.g. are they purely archival or how else do you wish to transform them?
Regards,
Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>
Hi all!

Post by Ton Machielsen
Just started with BBEdit.
Search
Copy Search results
Open new document
Paste
Problem here is that in front of every line i get the filename and line
number where BBEdit found what i was searching for. I want to eliminate
that.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ton.

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Rich Siegel

2017-06-23 18:02:11 UTC

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On Friday, June 23, 2017, Ton Machielsen

Post by Ton Machielsen
The use case here is log parsing. So i have a log with a lot of information
about a lot of objects. I want to strip everything except the information
about one specific object, so i want to filter the file showing only the
lines that contain a specific string.

In that case, the "Process Lines Containing" command on the Text
menu is the one to use.

Enjoy,

R.
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Patrick Woolsey

2017-06-23 18:02:50 UTC

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Yup, that entirely makes sense :) and thus may I also suggest
you consider the Text -> Process Lines Containing command.

This command can extract all the lines within the frontmost
document that contain a specific string (or grep pattern) into a
new document which you can then either use and discard, or save,
as desired.

Regards,

Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>

First, you can save a couple of steps by using File -> Export as Text to
create a file directly from the search results.
Next, though there is no option to omit the file & line number, you can
easily strip that info via an appropriate grep search & replace, and, if
you expect needing to do so often, you can either
a) save the search & replace pattern via the Saved Patterns (g) popup
within the Find or Multi-File Search windows, or
b) create a _text factory_ and add a suitable 'Replace All' action,
then save that factory into the "Text Filters" subfolder of BBEdit's
app support folder and invoke it via Text -> Apply Text Filter ->
[Your_Filter_Name].
Beyond that, may I ask what you plan to do with the saved search results,
e.g. are they purely archival or how else do you wish to transform them?
Regards,
Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>
Hi all!

Ton Machielsen

2017-06-24 17:51:04 UTC

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Thatâs exactly what iâm looking for. Thanks!!

Yup, that entirely makes sense :) and thus may I also suggest you consider
the Text -> Process Lines Containing command.
This command can extract all the lines within the frontmost document that
contain a specific string (or grep pattern) into a new document which you
can then either use and discard, or save, as desired.
Regards,
Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>
The use case here is log parsing. So i have a log with a lot of information

Post by Ton Machielsen
about a lot of objects. I want to strip everything except the information
about one specific object, so i want to filter the file showing only the
lines that contain a specific string.
If i can do that, then i donât even have to pump it into a separate file.
Makes sense?
First, you can save a couple of steps by using File -> Export as Text to

Post by Patrick Woolsey
create a file directly from the search results.
Next, though there is no option to omit the file & line number, you can
easily strip that info via an appropriate grep search & replace, and, if
you expect needing to do so often, you can either
a) save the search & replace pattern via the Saved Patterns (g) popup
within the Find or Multi-File Search windows, or
b) create a _text factory_ and add a suitable 'Replace All' action,
then save that factory into the "Text Filters" subfolder of BBEdit's
app support folder and invoke it via Text -> Apply Text Filter ->
[Your_Filter_Name].
Beyond that, may I ask what you plan to do with the saved search results,
e.g. are they purely archival or how else do you wish to transform them?
Regards,
Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>
Hi all!