Search Features
BBEdit Feature Tour
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BBEdit’s Search Features
One of the most powerful aspects of BBEdit is the comprehensive suite of search features:
- Multi-file Search
- multiple sources for a multi-file search that can be a mix different types of sources:
- folders
- individual files
- BBEdit Projects
- open documents
- previous search results
- web sites
- Xcode projects
- Run multiple searches at once, without blocking the application; runs even faster on dual-core and multiprocessor computers
- Flexible “grep” style pattern-based search and replace based on PCRE
- Find Differences command – compare differences between files or the contents of folders, and apply changes; highlights differences within lines
- Informative search result browsers – view and open search matches
- Advanced file filtering for multi-file search and replace, and for Find Differences
- Quick Search window – finds what you’ve typed as you type it
- “
bbfind
” tool for running searches from the Unix command line
- “
bbdiff
” for integrating Find Differences with Unix workflows
Download BBEdit and try it out.