Comments on: Grep with BBEdit 7.1.4

Question: Grep with BBEdit 7.1.4

the biscuit man — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:51:14 -0800

Is there a way, using Grep with BBEdit 7.1.4, to exclude lines that contain a tab character?

I have a large list that looks similar to this:

Heading
1    Name
Address    555-5555
2    Name
Address    555-5555
Heading
3    Name
Address    555-5555
4    Name
Address    555-5555

I would like to manipulate the Heading lines based on their lack of a tab character. Any ideas?

By: nakedcodemonkey

nakedcodemonkey — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:08:50 -0800

^[^\t]*$

By: the biscuit man

the biscuit man — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:45:53 -0800

Thank you! Now I can stop pulling my hair out.

By: nakedcodemonkey

nakedcodemonkey — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:04:53 -0800

I ? regex.

By: nakedcodemonkey

nakedcodemonkey — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:05:24 -0800

I ♥ regex.

By: fvw

fvw — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:53:01 -0800

Actually, ^[^\t] is enough (a partial match is enough).

Also, I'm not sure if you're talking about some builtin function in bbedit or just the standard unix grep. If the latter, "grep -v '^\t'" is enough, and slightly neater in my opinion.

By: fvw

fvw — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:54:50 -0800

Oops, didn't read the question properly. Ignore that, use either nakedcodemonkey's suggestion or "grep -v '\t'".

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:01:31 -0800

1. learn regex
2. ~~????~~ ? ? ? ?
3. Profit!!!

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:02:41 -0800

argh

"2. ~~????~~ ♥♥♥♥"

grmbl

By: the biscuit man

the biscuit man — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:15:03 -0800

I ♥ regex too.