On 02/11/2019, at 10:23, 'David J' via BBEdit Talk <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I’d like to search multiple text files for a keyword, copy those lines along > with the previous and next lines around that keyword line. Then output these > lines to a new file. Been trying to figure this one out for hours now, can > someone show me the way?
Hey David, Multiple text files? Where? Clustered together? If so then `grep` from the command line works very well and very fast. egrep -A1 -B1 '03' *.txt | bbedit egrep --> Grep with Extended Regular Expressions. -A --> Means # of lines After. -B --> Means # of lines Before. '03' --> Literal text in this case but can be a regex. *.txt --> Filtering to text files only, but could be *.html or even just * for all files. | bbedit --> Pipe to BBEdit -- Best Regards, Chris -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://www.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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
