[X-Unix] Grep and backreferences with BBEdit

[Pedro fp]

My solution in BBEdit would be search for ...
	<a href='([^.]+)\.jpg'>
and replace with ...
	<a href="images/\1.jpg">

That's taking the difference in quotes in your example (you have single  
quotes in the source & double quotes in the replacement) very  
literally. Use single or double quotes in both strings if you want the  
same before & after.

On 13/10/2004, at 4:12 AM, Nick Scalise wrote:

> I do not have a strictly unix question. I am very weak at grep and  
> could use some rudimentary help.
>
> In BBEdit 6.5, I am wanting to do a search and replace for all  
> occurances of <a href="name.jpg">, where 'name' is the variable. I  
> want to add a images/ to the beginning of the 'name' variable.
>
> So, I think I have the first part figured out, I find <a  
> href="[a-zA-Z0-9+]+.jpg"> using grep in BBEdit's find dialog, this  
> seems to produce the desired result. Please let me know if there is a  
> better way.
>
> Where I am lost is the backreference part. What is the pattern I would  
> add in the replace dialog that would add 'images/'  so that the  
> original <a href='name.jpg'> would end up <a href="images/name.jpg">

Cheers, Pedro :-)

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